OK, after spending most of the weekend researching this thing I haven't gotten far. I spent several hours reading all of the EZ traz threads. There is over 700 bridgeport threads in this section.
This machine is an SXII but someone has added a hard drive. Does it still boot from the floppy drive? I can't make copies of the disk until I can at least get this thing to start up.
There is a problem with the video card I believe because if I just plug in the power cable the green LED on the monitor comes on and stays on but no display. if the signal cable is plugged in the LED turns orange for a second and I get a flicker but then the LED goes of and nothing. And it won't come on again for a couple minutes.
There are 2 LED's on the BMDC near the top. The upper one is dim and the lower one is bright.
The green and red LED's on the amplifiers are both on.
There is a switch on a cable on the power supply, jst laying in the cabinet. It looks like the same switch as on an old PC I have here, so I assume the power supply is changed as well. I have checked voltages to various plus and the power supply appears to work.
I just happened to have and old 133mhz pc. upstairs, (I never throw anything away) It has a motherboard with the ISA slots and looks basicly the same. There is also a video card and a brand new floppy drive in case I need them.
The guy that I get my computer stuff is coming in in the morning to take a look at it but he dosen't know anything about the industrial part of the system. I had taken him the harddrive to check and when he plugged it in the EZ Trak corrdinate screen came up on the monitor. I don't know what part of the software that relates to but what exactly is supposed to be on the floppy drive?
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