OT: some computer help needed

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

Wow... look at my post and look at Marc's...

Great minds... HAHA sorry to insult you my friend.




On 5/9/07, marc_scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxx <marc_scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Can you post the batch file, just to see what it does?
>
> Another idea is to bypass the OS, boot from an old windows '98 boot disk,
> and then run the batch file off of another floppy. Hoping there is a floppy
> drive on the laptop.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Marc
>
> >
> > De: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 2007/05/09 mer. AM 08:20:35 EDT
> > ?: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Objet: OT: some computer help needed
> >
> > Dear List:
> >
> > Cathy and I are pulling our hair out trying to get her engine running on
> Megasquirt.
> > It ran (idled) at one point, but now it will only try to run on one
> cylinder at best.
> > After trying everything Cathy, Drew or I could think of we believe the
> firmware in the Megasquirt CPU has become corrupted.
> >
> > There is a batch file that is available for Megasquirt that downloads
> the firmware to the MS ECU.
> >
> > When I run the batch file on my Windows XP laptop the Command Prompt
> window opens, prompts me for the comm port, then prompts me for the type of
> download I need to perform and then downloads the file giving status of the
> download once completed.
> >
> > When Cathy tries to run the batch file on her Windows 2000 laptop the
> Command Prompt window opens but she also gets the following error in a
> separate error window that pops up and takes precedence over the Command
> Prompt window:
> >
> > "16bit MS-DOS SUBSYSTEM
> > C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe
> > C:\WINNT\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for
> running
> > MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate
> the
> > application.
> > Close/Ignore"
> >
> > Choosing "ignore" causes the batch file to continue to the next prompt,
> but doesn't allow any entry in the Command Prompt window and then the error
> window opens again with the same message.
> >
> > Ya know, it's just a lousy batch file for chrisake!
> >
> > It sounds to me like one of the Microsoft files has a problem but what
> do I know?
> > Can anybody give any advice on how to overcome this?
> >
> > TIA
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
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