Greetings

Yes, I still have my old pre-286 computer...

I was on packet radio using my then quite acceptable pre-286 computer...
however when I got my present pentium 100 I retired my pre-286....I also
retired from packet... a move a currently regret...

Anyways I retired about a year and a half ago and one of my retirement wants
was to get back onto packet....

Recently I have heard that packet is not what it used to be.... but be
that as it may...

Today I finally got my old pre-286 computer out of the closet and connected
up my old monitor... got found the old keyboard and connected the three
together...

I connected the keyboard in.... turned on the monitor and turned on the
computer....

As the computer went through it's various diagnostics I began to feel better
and better...

However... I have either forgotten something or something is wrong.. and
this is why I am sending this message...

The cursor appears on a line by itself...

I have either forgotten too much or something is wrong...

After pacing around trying to remember what I used to do next, I typed in
dir:

the computer came back syntax error....

more thinking and I typed in dir c: (enter)

again the computer came back syntax error....

am I doing something wrong or is there a problem that time has given me?....

Larry ve3fxq

"larry" wrote in message
...
However... I have either forgotten something or something is wrong.. and
this is why I am sending this message...
...
the computer came back syntax error....

Hi Larry,

You might have ended up in ROM BASIC mode,
which means that there was no operating system found when
You booted up the computer. Try putting the DOS floppy
disk (360kB) to the floppy drive A: and boot again.

Greetings from ****a, Italy
Gianpiero