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Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet?

New MessageHmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) GWIZAH
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Okay, I thought I made it into the BIOS, because I got a black screen with text but it turns out it sez:

AOL will now re-initialize your machine.

please enter your area code:

with a blinking cursor..

Probably just a reset, but I dunno how I even made it there, I just mashed all the keys at boot-up. Any ideas?

05-11-2001 15:54:45

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) GWIZAH
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Hmm Keyboard also responds weird in this screen,

The Instant aol keys thru - Family are mapped as , ^[[[A , ^[[[B , ^[[[C, etc. and the rest Buddy list - AOL channels are mapped as ~^[[18, to ~^[[24 .

what the hell do those keys mean?? Interestingly the other function keys appear to be combinations like those above

Home, PgUp, PgDn, etc. are also ^[[, etc.

05-11-2001 17:12:23

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) BigDog
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Did you let it have a phone line to dial out?
05-11-2001 17:25:21

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) GWIZAH
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Nope, I figured it would just open a connection to aol and receive a reboot and initialize code or sumpthing.
05-11-2001 17:44:51

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) wordsmith
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I used my friends AOL name and password, It dials out fine. Recieves numbers, hangs up, then you select the new dial out numbers. After that it looks just like AOL 4.0. Here is an interesting note, when you do everything, and can go online and surf its fine. Unplug it for 1 minute, and plug it back in, everything resets! Like it doesn't even write to the SanDisk. You have to start out all over, with the "touch the (x) to cal. the screen," etc. Also, when you are at the GateWay Boot screen, mash, and mash keys and it hangs for a moment, then boots to AOL.
* WordsmitH
05-11-2001 20:22:08

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) Greenspark
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On the gateway FAQ page for this thing (forget where it is) it says you _have_ to leave the device ON ALL THE TIME. States it will forget your settings if you don't. Any company that teams with AOL seems to lose a few IQ points.

So easy, no wonder it's number 1. Or number 2. Whatever.

05-11-2001 20:31:28

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) GWIZAH
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Okay guys, I know all this already, I used a friends aol account (I SWEAR hehe...) and did all that setup stuff and Ive never seen that screen. I havent been able to repeat that again. Gonna try again and again anyways.
05-11-2001 20:57:19

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) GWIZAH
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Okay I put up a simple page with some observations ...http://gwizahone.tripod.com/gct.html
05-12-2001 21:36:57

New MessageRE:Hmmmm, Anybody gotten The AOL re-initialization screen yet? (modified 0 times) BigDog
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The "What's that?" connecter from your website is the network RG45 connecter that some mini-PCI cards require, apparently not required on some cards?

The GTC's that have straight-up ethernet adapters should be using that connecter.

05-13-2001 06:21:22

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