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Subject: 
Re: something is wrong with my handyboard
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Sat, 24 Jul 1999 00:01:21 GMT
Original-From: 
Aaron Dwyer <aaron@stallion.[ihatespam]oz.au>
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it sounds like the pcode is going down onto the board, but you may have
an open on your lcd header / connector.

if you can talk to the board using ic (make it beep or such) then it's
just the lcd output.

check for open circuits first.

Chau Maria Lu wrote:
> 
> when I turn on my handyboard, a row of black squares appears on the top
> line of the LCD screen.
> 
> I have had friends check for shorts and I have redownloaded the
> pcode_hb.s19 programs on to the handyboard (as the FAQ part of the
> handyboard web page suggested).  However we haven't been able to loacate
> any shorts and redownloading the p_code doesn't seem to help.
> 
> In addition to black squares appearing on the LCD screen, ocassionaly
> strange (possibly japanese) characters appear on the screen.
> 
> But other then my LCD screen missbehaving, the handyboard seems to work
> fine and, when I run IC, the computer recognizes that the p_codes are
> loaded.
> 
> Does anyone know whats up with my handyboard??

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  something is wrong with my handyboard
 
when I turn on my handyboard, a row of black squares appears on the top line of the LCD screen. I have had friends check for shorts and I have redownloaded the pcode_hb.s19 programs on to the handyboard (as the FAQ part of the handyboard web page (...) (27 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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