First post, by RetroSpector78
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Hi,
I've got this old Tseng Labs Ultra Pak card.
https://imgur.com/gallery/vP5YYYN
Haven't found much info on it, but I suspect an IBM MDA alternative featuring LPT, COM1, COM2, a real time clock (the card also included a battery that had been removed by the original owner)
The problem is nothing is shown on the display when the computer starts. Just 1 beep (long) and 2 beeps (short). Same computer works fine with an IBM MDA card.
There was definitely some corrosion on the card as you can see from the pictures. Here's what I did so far :
- I cleaned the impacted area with vinegar / IPA.
- I checked the 3 tantalum caps (10mF, 16V). These turned out fine.
- I removed some of the corroded chips to check the traces underneath the chips. Nothing suspicious found.
- Tried to read the EEPROM chip (2764) and was able to read the data off it using my universal eeprom programmer.
- Removed the memory chips and tried them in another working card (memory chips are ok)
Are there other things I can check / verify ? I suspect that all of those logic chips / small 10pF caps aren't that error prone.
What would be a good way to debug this further ?
Thx.