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From: cgf@ednor.bbc.com (Chris Faylor)
Subject: Switching a WangDAT 4 mm tape into "non-compressed" mode
Organization: Boston Business Computing, Ltd.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:20:26 GMT

Our new WangDAT tape drive has the ability to write tapes in either
compressed (3+ GB) or uncompressed (1 GB) formats.  We need to be able
to occasionally write uncompressed tapes, but can't find a way to
switch the tape into uncompressed mode.

I've flipped every appropriate DIP switch but the tape continues to
insist of writing in compressed format even when I've used brand new
cartridges.

Is there a driver out there somewhere for SunOS 4.1.1 that will do what
I want?  I am thinking that the scenario used by the OS to decide whether
to write QIC-11 or QIC-24 1/4 inch cartridge tapes would be appropriate
for this, i.e. a different minor device for each.

I'm using an entry for /sys/scsi/targets/st_conf.c which came over the
net a while ago.  It was necessary to get the full speed from the
drive.  I've duplicated it below.

---------------------
/* WangDAT Model 2600 3.81mm helical scan cartridge */
{
	"WangDAT 3.81mm Helical Scan", 7, "WangDAT ", ST_TYPE_EXABYTE, 512, 
	(ST_BSF | ST_VARIABLE | ST_BSR | ST_LONG_ERASE | ST_AUTODEN_OVERRIDE),
	5000, 5000,
	{ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, },
	{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
}
---------------------

Can anyone point me in the right direction to solve this problem?  I've
learned that SCSI code 0x13 selects non-compression, 0x93 selects
compression, and 0x1a returns the status.  But I don't know what to do
with that information.

I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me.

-- 
Chris Faylor		Boston Business Computing, Ltd.
cgf@ednor.bbc.com	"I am not here."
From: vhalkka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Vesa Halkka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: High resolution timer for Sparc-1s
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:11:04 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

In <69203@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1740a@prism.gatech.EDU writes:


>	I have heard that SparcStation-1 comes with a built-in
>high resolution timer. However, I have been unable to access it.
>Has anyone been able to take high resolution timings on the Sparc-1s?
>We are interested in taking timing measurements at the kernel level.

Don't know about timer chip access, but a tcp/ip traffic
analyzer called tcpdump can do high resolution timing on net packets,
and it is a special option on SUN hardware.
That should be close enough....

Just get the source, this was true 1-2 YEARS AGO, maybe
you should use nearest archie to locate it now:

The current versions of these files are available via anonymous
ftp from host ftp.ee.lbl.gov (currently at address 128.3.254.68)
file tcpdump.tar.Z (a compressed Unix tar file).


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Sparc1+ & Sparc2 On-chip cache size?
Keywords: cache
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:14:41 GMT
Organization: cic

rocas@Xerox.Com (Marc Rocas) writes:


>Hi,
>	I am interested in finding out the size for the on-chip cache for the
>Sparc1+ and Sparc2. Specifics, if applicable, like the following would be
>useful:
>	Sparc10 Model 30:
>	   on-chip cache size=36Kb (20Kb/16Kb) (Instruction/Data).
>Thanks in advance for your time.

Easy:
	SPARCstation 1+		0kB
	SPARCstation 2		0kB
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: toma@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Rory Toma)
Subject: Xstone info for Sun 3's wanted
Organization: Not bloody likely around here!
Distribution: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:34:58 GMT

I would like Xstone info for the following:

Sun 3's (running Xkernel 1.4 or 1.5)

Sun 3/75
Sun 3/50
Sun 3/80
Sun 3/60

All the above are mono, 4 meg.

Sun 3/110

Color, 4 and 8 megs.

If the info is not available, a pointer to a benchmark (program, algorithm,
etc.) would also be useful.

Thanks
--
toma@tc.cornell.edu - Rory Toma

Opinionated and tunnel-visioned? Darn right. But then, my employer really
doesn't know what I'm talking about anyway...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: difference between 3/160 and 3/180
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 03:11:08 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1992Sep25.144016.14348@alias.com> max@alias.com (Max Stevens-Guille) writes:
>	what's the difference between a 3/180 and a 3/160?

Basically, the box.  The 160 was meant as a standalone box, the 180 as
a rackmount box.  The power supply might possibly be different too.

The CPU board used in both the 160 and 180 was also used in several other
early Sun 3s, such as the 75.

>In addition, what's the maximum amount of memory you can put on the
>CPU card of a 3/180?

A 4MB 180 looks fully populated to me.  I don't think there was ever an
upgrade to use denser chips; the 280 superseded the 180 before that could
happen.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc
From: dstoll@aragon.stgt.sub.org (Dieter Stoll)
Subject: SBUS ADC cards
Summary: Need info on SBUS A/D converter boards
Keywords: SBUS A/D converter
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 14:27:05 GMT
Organization: Novalis - Laboratoire d'Intelligence Artificielle, Sindelfingen, EUROPE

Summary says it all. I would appreciate getting pointers, reports, ...
on multi-channel A/D converter boards for SBUS.
Required frequency range is DC to 1 kHz, 16 or (preferably) 32 channels,
12 bits.

Thanks!
-- Dieter
From: grp@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (gerard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: 5GB Exabyte drives from 3rd party
Date: 26 Sep 92 19:46:29 GMT
Reply-To: grp@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (gerard)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: grp@happy.cc.utexas.edu

We got good pricing on Exabyte drives from Devsoft Corp. All
EXB-8500's and EXB-8200's are same no matter where you buy
them from. You can call Devsoft at (408) 736-7650, they are
based in Northern California.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: phillips@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (Mike Phillips)
Subject: Re: SS-10 AUI Adaptor Cable Pin-outs?
Organization: MIT/LCS Spoken Language Systems
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 13:19:14 GMT


>Has anyone yet unearthed a copy of the pinouts for the SPARC-10 AUI
>adaptor cable?  In case you haven't heard, you can't plug your existing
>thicknet transceiver cable directly into the back of an SS-10 - Sun
>chose to furnish the SS-10 with twisted pair ethernet and ISDN ports
>instead.  The AUI signals are available, but they are piggybacked onto
>the speakerbox connector and require a $75 adaptor cable (not included)
>to mate with your standard DB-15 AUI connector.

Yes, it's a really good idea to order one of these adapter cables if you have one
of these SS10's coming.

We just got a SS10 but couldn't hook it up because we hadn't realized we needed
this optional adapter cable.  Sun says we can get one from them in 15-20 days.  Great.

We borrowed one from someone else and figured out the pinouts and made 
our own.  Here's the connections you need:

SS10 (little 26pin connector)->ethernet(db15)
1 -> 10
2 -> 5
3 -> 9
4 ->13
14 -> 3
15 -> 12
16 -> 2
17 -> 6

You might want to try to verify this from someone else and be careful
when you make the cable because I'm not sure what would happen if
it were wrong.

Also, we didn't try to figure out how to hook up the speaker box with our
cable.

Mike (phillips@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: wargopl@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Peter L. Wargo)
Subject: MD21/Miniscribe 3180E combo... Not working
Summary: Trying to attach an MD21/Miniscribe 3180E to my 3/50.
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 04:09:20 GMT

I recently (today) acquired a working Miniscribe 3180E ESDI drive
(1250cyl, 7hd, 34-36sec) and attached it to my exisitng MD21 controller,
where currently another ESDI (Toshiba) drive sits. It is being
recognized as sd1, but all attempts to format it have proved painful.

I have tried 34, 35, and 36 sector jumper settings, and defined the
drive as follows when running format:

Data Cyl: 1248
Alt Cyl: 2
Heads: 7
Sectors/Track: (34-36, depending on jumper settings...)
RPM: 3600

I usually get the message: Warning: using default drive parameters
                           Warning: Format may not be correct

And then it cannot write backup label.

Anybody have more experience with this combo?

-Pete

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: trix@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (t.roger.kiang)
Subject: Sparc10
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 11:39:32 GMT
Keywords: 20. 30, 41

I'm in the process of buying a sparc10 for personal
use.  Ideally, I like to buy the Sparc10 model 41,
but was told that Sun is having problems with the
super-cache on the model 41.  My VAR told me that
I can either purchase a Sparc2 with a future upgrade
of the mother-board when the super-cache is fixed, or
buy the Sparc10 model 20 with an upgrade that will
consisting of mounting some small ciruit board
in the future as an upgrade to model 41.  My VAR also
told me that Sparc10 model 30 does not have an upgrade
path to the super-cache.  In addition, I'm not interested
in a multi-processor unit in the next three years.

Can anybody verify the above?

I'm using the internet because when I called-up
Sun, they don't return my calls.  You would think
they would be anxious to make more sales!!!

Thanks to all of you who will be providing me
with some useful information.

Roger Kiang
trix@edsel.att.com
(908) 957-6099
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: dododge@wam.umd.edu (David O. Dodge)
Subject: Re: Sparc 2 Locking Up
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:47:13 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.065551.6658@mlb.semi.harris.com> jaa@su19a.ess.harris.com (John Auer) writes:
>I've got a Sparc 2 here that recently has started locking
>up (and as time passes, more and more frequently).  By
>locking up, I mean the screen blanks as you are working,
>L1-A doesn't work, must cycle power to recover.  No errors
>are posted to the system message logs.  No landmark event
>preceded the first lockup.
>
>The programs where that it frequently locks up on run fine on
>other SS2's, so I'm leaning towards a hardware problem (although,
>stranger things have happened in software...)
>
>Can anyone relate past experiences to this problem?

I've seen this happen once on a Sparc 2 -- it was caused by me accidentally
writing into the memory just in front of the GX frame buffer memory (which I
had mmap'ed). I guess I stepped on the GX registers or something, anyway the
screen went black and the machine completely froze -- I had to power it off
to make it reboot.

This probably doesn't help much, but it was a similar experience.

                                             -Dave Dodge/dododge@wam.umd.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: rdavis@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Robert Davis)
Subject: SUN FAQ?  Info. on various models?
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 06:19:05 GMT

Is there a FAQ for any of the newsgroups pertaining to the Suns?

Also, is there a listing archived anywhere that provides information
about the various Sun models, from the 2/ series through the newer
Sparc systems that describe  relevant features of the various models
such as info on the CPUs, maximum memory, physical size, power
requirements, type of bus, how many serial ports they come with and
how many can be added, disk types that can be used (e.g. SCSI, SMD, etc,),
graphics resolution, etc.?  If not, what is the best way to find out
such information?

Thanks for any information that anyone can provide!

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From: jfg@spiderman.bu.edu (John F. Gibbon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Sun Fax
Keywords: Sun Fax
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:41:34 GMT
Organization: Information Technology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: jfg@spiderman.bu.edu



		I am looking for a modem that I can attach to 
my Sun Sparcstation and use to send faxes.  Can I use any generic
modem to attach to my SparcStation?  What specific software do
I need to control it?  What software converts ascii files or
postscript files to fax compatible files?

					Many Thanks For Any Suggestions,
		
						John Gibbon
						jfg@spiderman.bu.edu



Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: SUN Processors Speeds Question???
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 06:25:11 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1a7mnbINN5db@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> philb@cats.ucsc.edu (Philip Brown) writes:
>>... I think all systems using the original 68020 CPU board (I think
>>the 3/75, 3/140, 3/160, and 3/180) had a 16.67MHz CPU...
>
>So where does that put the 3/50 and 3/60

The 3/50 was next in line, a low-cost design with a slightly slower CPU
(15 MHz I believe) and a video system that got in the way more (you could
speed up a 3/50 noticeably by disabling the video output).

The 3/60 was a second-generation design, something like 20MHz I think.
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From: philb@cats.ucsc.edu (Philip Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SUN Processors Speeds Question???
Date: 29 Sep 92 07:27:38 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>The 3/50 was next in line, a low-cost design with a slightly slower CPU
>(15 MHz I believe) and a video system that got in the way more (you could
>speed up a 3/50 noticeably by disabling the video output).

>The 3/60 was a second-generation design, something like 20MHz I think.


Ah.

Incidentally, I have run a benchmark on varying processors..
"dhrystone 2.1", the C version.

On a 3/60 (68020 20 mhz) , it was roughly 6-7000 dhrystones.
On a 4/110 (RISC, [25 mhz]?), it's usually 10,000, occasionally 11,000
On a IPC monochrome, it's often 20,000
On a SPARC 2 (I belive that is the type of si.ucsc.edu) it runs
    ** 40,000 ** dhrystones.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Andrew Lindh)
Subject: How do you read Sun BOOT ROM?? Fun things to see on old Sun-1/2 ROM.
Organization: The University of Hartford
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 15:47:50 GMT
X-Posted-From: alpha.hartford.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


Is there a way to read the Sun system Boot ROMs while they
are still on the CPU board? I am sure they are somewhere in
memory or could be mapped into memory, but how?

I know you can pull them and read them but I was looking for
a easier way to read them.

Also, can the source code for the BOOT roms be found anywhere?
I know is its C Code for part of it. There are some C ID lines.

I was looking at my old Sun's ROM (Sun-2/120, Rom is 1/100)
and there are a few strange text lines....

Damage found
B memory installed
Love your country, but never trust its government


In case you want to know....Sun-1/100 V100 ROM version N

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From: sam@john-bigboote.ics.uci.edu (Sam Horrocks)
Subject: Re: SPARCprinter on a 690MP [SUMMARY]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS
Date: 26 Sep 92 22:27:18 GMT

In <20229.717472727@john-bigboote.ics.uci.edu> sam@john-bigboote.ICS.UCI.EDU (Sam Horrocks) writes:

>The problem is reproducible on any 600MP with a sparcprinter by doing
>the following:

>    % lpr <filename>

>    Wait for the file to start printing and type:

>    % rsh <host> 'cat >/dev/null' </dev/null

The above is a typo.  It should be:

    % rsh <host> 'cat >/dev/null' </dev/zero

So that /dev/zero is transferred to <host> and dumped into /dev/null.

Sam
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Email: sam@ics.uci.edu
Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.hardware:4675 comp.sys.sun.admin:6740
From: limes@ouroborous.eng.sun.com (Greg Limes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Sun 690
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:46:01
Organization: Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation
NNTP-Posting-Host: ouroborous
In-reply-to: dataram@tigger.jvnc.net's message of 1 Oct 92 12:12:46 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.121246.22195@tigger.jvnc.net> dataram@tigger.jvnc.net (Dataram Corp. PO Box 7528) writes:
|   What is the maximum amount of memory that anybody has installed
|   successfully on a 690?

One of our lab test machines has 1024 meg installed.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: dshaker@qualix.com (Doug Shaker)
Subject: Want mono screen for IPC
Reply-To: dshaker@qualix.com
Organization: QUALiX Group, Inc.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 22:31:22 GMT


If anyone has upgraded a monochrome IPC to a color
and, as a result, has a near useless monochrome monitor
sitting around, I would like to know, as I need to buy one for
testing purposes. Price and location would be nice.

 - Doug Shaker

	voice:	415/572-0200
	fax:	415/572-1300
	email:	dshaker@qualix.com
	mail:	Qualix Group
		1900 S. Norfolk St., #224
		San Mateo, CA 94403
From: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: problem attaching new scsi devices to Sparc2
Keywords: scsi problem
Date: 25 Sep 92 20:33:40 GMT
Reply-To: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Other Hangout

In article <Bv3FJG.E4L@news.cso.uiuc.edu> brian@kimber.cso.uiuc.edu (Brian Bohlmann) writes:
<Hello,
<I'm having a problem getting a Sparc2 to recognize two new scsi devices I've  
<attached to the scsi bus.
<The original configuration is
<Sparc2 w/int. 207MB dr. -> ext. 669Mb dr. and 150MB tape in Sun EXP. storage  
<module with DB50 connectors. Works fine
<
<The new devices are 
<1- Fujitsu M2652SA in a NPI shoebox with centronics connectors.
<2- Tahiti TMT-ll optical drive in a shoebox with centronics connectors.
<
<When I attach the new devices to the Sun EXP box and do a "probe-scsi" nothing  
<happens. As soon as I disconnect the new devices the "probe-scsi" sees the int.  
<drive and the drives in Sun's box.
<When attaching the new devices to the Sparc2 without Sun's EXP box the  
<"probe-scsi" sees the new devices.
<I think I've narrowed the problem to the cable inside Sun's EXP box, I tried a  
<brand new cable from Sun and it gives me the same results as if it is not  
<supposed to work with newer scsi devices?
<
<Does anyone have any suggestions on what is wrong and better yet - how to fix  
<it?
<thanks for any help

You didn't say if you checked and/or set the SCSI addresses of the new devices
to unused SCSI addresses.

Let's start there.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: mario@theglove.Canada.Sun.Com (Mario Dorion # extra topping $1.75)
Subject: Need to find 3rd party keyboard
Reply-To: mario@theglove.Canada.Sun.Com
Organization: Sun Microsystems du Canada
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:07:32 GMT


Hello folks!

I (urgently) need to find a 3rd party keyboard that would be compatible
with Sun's.

The only requirement I have is that this keyboard has to be smaller
(ie: not as large from left to right) than a regular type-4 keyboard.

All suggestions accepted! Thanks in advance.

--
Mario Dorion - Sun Montreal

    Allegedly seen on a PC clone:
    "Error 1301 - No keyboard. Press any key to continue..."
From: philb@cats.ucsc.edu (Philip Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SUN Processors speed
Date: 30 Sep 1992 00:54:54 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: as215-ws-3.ucsc.edu


jdd@cdf.toronto.edu (John DiMarco) writes:
>Sun 4's:

>4/110,4/150: 14.3MHz SPARC (Fujitsu)
>4/260,4/280: 16.67MHz SPARC (Fujitsu)
>4/330,4/360,4/370,4/380,4/390: 25MHz SPARC (LSI)
>4/470,4/490: 33MHz SPARC (Ross)

Could you explain how clock speed works with SPARCs?

I have 57.X Mhz clock crystal on my 4/110. is it standard for SPARC
machines to have a crystal *FOUR* times the actual speed, as opposed to
the normal twice clock speed for certain computers.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin
From: ross@minnie.mit.edu (Ross Levinsky)
Subject: Fun with Transcript and Apple Laswerwriters
Organization: Squalid Basement Lab in Building 3
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 08:22:58 GMT



Hi, folks.

I'm running SunOS 4.1.2 on a pair of Sparc 1's.  Many moons ago, the
previous sysadmin installed Transcript 2.1 and managed to print to our
Apple Laswerwriter via the serial port. No problems. Worked great.
Then...

We moved downstairs, changed IP numbers (that's all we changed!!), and
it NEVER WORKED CONSISTENTLY AGAIN. That is, we could send off jobs to
the printer, and the green light would blink, but nothing ever came out.
lpq would tell us that "printer may need attention," but nothing else.

However, at odd times it would work. We never could figure out what the
necessary preconditions were, so the matter dropped. Time passed.

Now, since I took over the job, I've reinstalled Transcript, and I've
even RTFM, but still our problems persist. I tried the "tip" debugging
procedure sugegsted in the manual, but as soon as I type "executive,"
the green light starts blinking, and the prompt never returns to "ps>".
At that point, I decided it was time to turn to the great wisdom of the
net.

So, is this:

1. A busted Postscript ROM in the printer? I don't know if this is
possible, because the printer still works fine when we print over
AppleTalk (from the Macs).

2. Busted Transcript? There was some nonsensical line in the
installation instructions about how Transcript WOULD NOT install
properly unless one "turned off" the network during installation, but
that made no sense. Could a bad installation be the problem? I doubt it,
because it used to work perfectly.

3. Something else?

Any useful tips will be greatly appreciated...



				Ross Levinsky
				ross@mecha.mit.edu



P.S. If anyone can tell me why, when trying to boot from the monitor,
one of the machines INSISTS on taking keyboard info from one of the
Macs, I'd appreciate it. We always have to type "b" from the Mac in
order to get it to start booting - at that point it starts to read its
own keyboard.  It's not the PROM setting, either - that's correct,
unless it just looks correct on the screen but is actually
misprogrammed.