First power on of S-132, possible reset loop?

[mrthreeplates]

Hi everyone,

I've finished building my imsai8080 replica and it is working great. I also have a S-132, however it doesn't seem to startup. All I see on the vga are dots which print one at a time. I'm guessing this might be some sort of reset loop.

The s-132 is supplying 5v power to the imsai, and the s-132 does the same thing whether or not it is standalone or attached.

Pressing the resetvon the s-132 clears the screen and starts printing dots all over again. I presume this isn't normal?

My imsai has been flashed to the latest firmware.

Any suggestions on what I should be seeing or how I might troubleshoot?

I've cleaned the board, soldering looks good.

Thanks

George

[thisspaceleftblank]

Did you add the initialization string to you boot.conf? (S132.init=1)

Charles

[mrthreeplates]

Thanks, no I didn't. Let me try that.

[mrthreeplates]

That did the trick, thanks!

[nbreeden2]

Just so it's said the row of periods you saw on the S-132 VGA monitor were the S-132 looking for the IMSAI, not finding it then trying again.

[vbrownell]

I just finished my S-132 and thought I had a problem with the row of dots. Thanks for posting the problem and solution!