Re: smc ultra (8216) bootrom problems

[Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au>]

>The rom image works ok via floppy.

Also for the 8216? Your statements are ambigious.

>The rom image sucessfully boots SMC 8013's quite happily. (all 14 sofar :)
>The rom image (wd.rom) supposedly works for both 8013's and 8216's
>
>ROM-SCAN.EXE reports:
>"Found ROM header at D800:0000; announces 16k image (27C128 EPROM)"

What if you run debug.exe, can you display the memory region in question
and does it look right? No conflicts with other ROMs like SCSI adaptors,
etc?

>When attempting to boot, it just skips over the rom and attempts to boot
>from floppy. 
>
>Any ideas/hints/suggestions?

Is the ROM fast enough?
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