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From: mycal@netronix.UUCP (Mycal Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Warranty blues... 
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 15:17:37 GMT
Organization: Netronix, Inc.


In article <1992Apr1.202732.19889@baron.uucp> jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com writes:

  > 
  > Just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience....
  > 
  > I had a drive go out on a Sun IPX.  I called for Waranty support and was
  > told the following:
  > 
  > The warranty period is 90 days, this period starts when the serial number
  > is assigned to the machine.  I took delivery of the unit 60 days after the
  > serial number was assigned.  Since I have had the unit for 60 days, the
  > warranty is no longer valid.  The math is quite simple:
  > 
  >  90    day warranty
  > -60    days unit sat in warehouse
  > ---
  >  30    days that the customer gets for a warranty.
  > 
  > This really sucks.  I hope that someone from Sun will comment, if
  > not, maybe someone from the Attorney General's office for the State
  > of California would care to.
  > 
  > Jim
  > --
  > These views do not represent the views of DSR, INC.
  > 
  > jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com
  > 

We ran into the same problem, it takes me 15 extra minutes to set up a tech
support call, this does suck.  Also I have found that the doucmentation and
support for sun products to be feeble at best.



Mycal Johnson                          _
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: ken@cton.cton.com (Ken Seefried III)
Subject: YAF.DR: format.dat for Maxtor Panther 1.7GB drive
Organization: Computone, Corp.
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 23:21:11 GMT

-----

Yup...yet another format.dat request.  I haven't seen this one requested
yet, soooo....

I'm going to be getting a Maxtor Panther 1.7GB 15ms SCSI drive that I'll
be hooking up to a Sun 4/330 running SunOS 4.1.2.  I was wondering if any-
one had a format.dat entry for this drive, and any good or bad things to 
say about it.

Many thanks...

					- ken seefried iii
					  systems manager, computone corp.
					  +1 404 475 2725 x338
					  ...!uunet!cton!ken
From: chank@lips.ecn.purdue.edu (King Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Sun 19"RGB COLOR on MAC or IBM ? Possible ?  How ?
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:14:17 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Greetings,

I recently obtained a 19 inch SUN RGB monitor made by Hitachi.

It has 5 BNC connectors on the back..

    o     o     o      o       o
    R     G     B    H/V sync  V sync

The specs, according to SUN are

        256 colors
        84 dpi
        76 khz  Scan Rate
        1152 X 900 pixels

 My question is if anyone has connected this beast to

 a MAC or to a IBM PC ?  I would like to know how it can

 be done.  The pinouts would also be useful.

 I will summarize if there is sufficient interest.

 Thanks in advance.

 chank@ecn.purdue.edu
From: csa09@seq1.keele.ac.uk (P. Singleton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: More SLC screen brightness?
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:38:11 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England

I need more screen brighness from my SLC.  My colleague's SLC (bought new
at same time) is usefully brighter.  Is there some internal tweak which
our techie could undertake?  Please reply by email.
----
  __   __    Paul Singleton (Mr)           JANET: paul@uk.ac.keele.cs
 |__) (__    Computer Science Dept.        other: paul@cs.keele.ac.uk
 |  .  __).  Keele University, Newcastle,    tel: +44 (0)782 621111 x7355
             Staffs ST5 5BG, ENGLAND         fax: +44 (0)782 713082
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: button@alc.com (Russ Button)
Subject: WANTED: Radiation/Glare filters for Sun 16" monitors
Reply-To: button@alc.com
Organization: Ascent Logic Corporation, Inc.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:43:20 GMT

The subject pretty much says it.  Can anyone recommend a good
source, or have some experiences to share?

Thanks!

Russ Buton
button@alc.com
From: kb13+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ken Burner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Getting Sparc IIs fixed
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:43:39 GMT
Organization: Comp & Comm - Hardware Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Jon,
    We use Indusys Technology in San Jose, (800) 526-1084.  Good
pricing, service and turn-around time.

    -Ken Burner
     Carnegie Mellon Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: kelly@ice.ee.byu.edu (Kelly Flanagan)
Subject: SPARCStation I
Lines: 27
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 10:03:34 MDT
Organization: /t/users/kelly/.organization


	A couple of questions from one who wishes to learn much more
	about SPARCStations:

	1.	Is there technical information available about the
		SPARCStation 1 such as block diagrams, CPU pinout
		and signal descriptions, etc?

	2.	What is the going price for a used monochrome stand
		alone SPARCStation 1?

	3.	If the 64 Kbyte virtual cache is disabled will all
		memory references be seen on the Sbus?

	4.	Is the OS source code available to universities for
		some price less than $10K?

	I am very interested in interfacing some hardware to an old
	machine that can be ruined without to much damage to the
	checking account :-)

	Please respond if you know the answer to any or all of these
	questions.

Thanks Kelly

kelly@ee.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: cote@cg.emr.ca (Tim Cote)
Subject: Re: Overhead display of Sparc II screens
Reply-To: cote@cg.emr.ca
Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines & Resources, Canada
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 13:41:37 GMT

In article 25713@massey.ac.nz, M.W.Stern@massey.ac.nz (M.W. Stern) writes:
>I am looking for product that will allow me to display SUN Sparc2 screens
>on an overhead projector, preferably in color.
>I believe there are two options:
>1) Purchase an overhead projector displayer that runs directly off the
>   SUN using whatever the standard SUN video display is. I have been informed
>   that these cost NZ$30000 - NZ$50000. 
>2) Purchase a SBUS VGA card that will produce standard VGA that I can run
>   through the existing VGA overhead projecter displayer I have at my
>   disposal.
>Any ideas and advice welcome, especially regarding a cheaper option 1).

The New Products section of the April UNIX World (Vol. IX, No. 4, April 1992) 
mentions an overhead projection system for SPARCstations called Proxima Ovation.
It's comprised of an SBus-base board connected to a flat panel display that sits
on top of an overhead projector. It doesn't say if it's colour. The company is called 
Sunburst Computers Inc., 187 Calle Magdalena, Ste 102, Encinatas, CA 92024; 
619-633-1680. They list the price for the Proxima Ovation at $9495.

---
Tim Cote,  cote@cg.emr.ca
Seismology & Electromagnetism Section, Geological Survey of Canada
1 Observatory Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1A-0Y3
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: HELP! SparcStation2, assembly code
From: cse0935@desire.wright.edu
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:35:15 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

      Can anyone answer these questions?

      What processor does a SparcStation2 have in it? AND
      Where could I get a listing of all defined opcodes?

       I looked in the SS2, and the Integer Unit seems to be a
       68030. However, the chip has Sun's name on it not Motorola's.
       Is this really a 68030?

      Thanks, John Prikkel( cse0935@desire.wright.edu )
From: dodd@mycenae.cchem (Lawrence R. Dodd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SPARCstations > 2? - followup
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:38:00
Organization: /home/dodd/.organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: dodd@mycenae.cchem's message of 14 Apr 92 08:54:43



>>>>> On 14 Apr 92 21:00:07 GMT, pbg@cs.brown.edu (Peter Galvin) said:

  Peter> The current issue of SunWorld (April 92) has a good summary
  Peter> of the current rumors.

The April issue of SunWorld said the next SPARCstation

   o will contain the new viking chip
   o will be 3 times faster than the SPARCstation 2
   o will have a clock speed of 50Hz
   o will probably be available in early 1993
   
The April issue of SunWorld did not say whether or not the
SPARCstation 2 will upgradable to a SPARCstation 3.

Thanks

--
                            Larry
                            dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
Subject: Re: SCSI ID on an old Emulex MD21 controller?
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 00:53:44 GMT
Organization: Netcom

thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan) writes:
: If someone sends you a data sheet confirming that and/or describing the other
: swiches on the MD21, I'd appreciate a copy (for use in future postings).

EMULEX MD 21 ESDI to SCSI BRIDGE CONTROLLER

The following is from the MD21/S2 DISK CONTROLLER TECHNICAL MANUAL, available
from Emulex at 1-800-854-7112 for I believe $25 or so. They do not operate a
BBS that I know of like many other manufacturers, so the errors are probably
mine. Part No. MD2151003-00 Rev E, March, 1988

32k byte on board RAM buffer, about 14k byte for each lun
8031 CPU at 12 Mhz, 32k Prom
transfer rate up to 15 Mbps at ESDI interface
supports SCSI disconnect/connect option
transfer rate up to 1.25 Mbytes/sec at SCSI interface (burst rate) 
supports SCSI bus parity
takes one or two ESDI drives
MTBF 42425 hours
Power +5 VDC, 1.5 A nominal

SW1-1	SCSI ID	LSB (1)
SW1-2	SCSI ID     (2)
SW1-3	SCSI ID MSB (4)
SW1-4	not used
SW1-5	physical sector size	0= 512 bytes; 1= 256 bytes
SW1-6	Disable Drive Spinup	0= drives are automatically spun up
				1= drives are not spun up automatically
SW1-7	Disable Soft Error Reporting 	0= errors reported; 1= errors not rep.
SW1-8	SCSI Bus Parity Enable	0= Parity Check disabled
				1= Parity Check enabled


Connectors:

J1	ESDI control cable, 34 wire, max 10 feet
J2	ESDI data cable, 20 wire, lun 1, max 10 feet
J3	ESDI data cable, 20 wire, lun 0, max 10 feet
J4	user panel connector
J5	testing
J6	SCSI
J7	power

U22	SCSI terminator socket
U35	SCSI terminator socket

External terminator option: Install diode 1N5817 at CR2 and connect wire wrap
jumper E to F. This will supply pin 26 with termination power. (Caution, this
can cause shorts!)

LEDs:
RED	GREEN
OFF	OFF	Hardware reset Test
OFF	ON	8031 Test
		PROM Checksum Test
		Buffer Controller Test
		Dynamic Ram Test
ON	OFF	Disk Formatter Test
		SCSI Controller Test
ON	ON	Self-Test Passed

-- 
_______________________________________________________________________________
Wolfgang Henke          wolfgang@henke.sf-bay.org           wolfgang@netcom.com
From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Using Sun3 Mono Monitor on SparcStations
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:34:54 GMT
Organization: cic

psikos@erato.csi.forth.gr (Psikos panos) writes:

>In article <1992Mar26.090628.28671@def.bae.co.uk>, mike@def.bae.co.uk (Mike Heley) writes:
>|> 
>|> Thanks to everyone who mailed.
>|> 
>|> The answer is that the old Sun3 monitor requires "ECL video levels", while
>|> the new frame buffer generates "0.7V analogue video levels". So they are not 
>|> compatible.
>|> 
>|> --
>|>   Mike Heley 					mike@def.bae.co.uk
>|>   British Aerospace Defence			+44-272-316056
>|>   FPC 450, PO Box 5, Filton, Bristol, BS12 7QW, UK
>|> --
>|> 


>	Is that the reason why I can't get a Sparcstation 19" mono
>	monitor to work on a Sun 4/280?

Yes.
-- 
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| lupe@ukw.UUCP       (German EUNet, domain)     |  As I am self-employed, |
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From: pavlov@niktow.canisius.edu (Greg Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: New viking sparc processor?
Date: 6 Apr 92 03:46:39 GMT
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208

In article <1992Apr3.185119.2192@cc.gatech.edu>, keith@picasso.cc.gatech.edu (Keith Edwards) writes:
> 
> Cypress SPARC = 25 SPEC/40MHz = 0.625 SPEC/MHz
> Alpha = 120 SPEC/200MHz = 0.6 SPEC/MHz
                   ^^^

   That should read 120 SPEC/150MHz = 0.8 SPEC/MHz

   Whether that's measured, "simulated", or "predicted", though, is another
   issue(s).....

   greg pavlov
   pavlov@fstrf.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: stanwass@s.psych.uiuc.edu (S Wasserman)
Subject: Modem for SUN 3/80 --- ADVICE NEEDED
Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:14:02 GMT


I am going to be taking a SUN 3/80 home to use
   to connect to a SPARC 2 at school.
The question is ...  what kind of modem to get.
I want to be able to XWindow (using OpenWindows 2.0) to
   the SPARC.

Everyone around here says to get the lastest ... V.32bis
And the computer store on campus can order a variety 
   of such things, with baud rates going up to 14.4K
 
Does anyone have experience with such a setup ?
Any things that I should worry about it ?
 
Thanks in advance ....
 
Stan Wasserman
University of Illinois
stanwass@uiuc.edu
From: unger@mitem.com (Tom Unger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Maxtor LXT213 format.dat entrys.
Summary: official word on format.dat
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:01:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: MITEM Corp.

There has been some discussion about the correct format.dat entrys for
Maxtor's LXT213 disks.  Myself and a couple other people have found
that these disks can not be formatted to the full number of clynders
that Maxtor recommends.  So I called Maxtor to tell them what we were
finding.  They say that there are two different models.  The LXT213SY
implemnts some SCSI 2 functions and requires a couple more clynders
for the disk.  LXT213S does not implement SCSI 2 and those clynders
are free for use.  These are the entrys that Maxtor recomeneds:

#
# Numbers recommended by maxtor.
# 213SY, which implements scsi 2.
#
disk_type = "Factory Maxtor LXT213SY" \
        : ncyl = 1481 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 1483 : nhead = 7 : nsect = 40 \
        : rpm = 3600 : bpt = 20480
#
# the 213S does not implement scsi 2 so it has a few more clynders available.
#
disk_type = "Factory Maxtor LXT213S" \
        : ncyl = 1485 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 1487 : nhead = 7 : nsect = 40 \
        : rpm = 3600 : bpt = 20480

Tom Unger
MITEM
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: New viking sparc processor?
Date: 8 Apr 92 03:51:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: loiosh.CKD.92Apr7235027
	<CKD.92Apr2225740@loiosh.eff.org> <409@idtg.UUCP>
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central


 Keith> == Keith Dow <dow@idtg.UUCP> 

 Keith> If you have to rely on fast ethernet performance to do fast
 Keith> calculations, you are doomed.  Also, a slow disk can be sped up
 Keith> by getting more ram.  Eight megabytes costs about $300.

Gotta put the results somewhere.  We do a lot of email/news/ftp traffic,
which really hits the Ethernet; if we wanted to do nothing but
calculations, we'd rent Connection Machine time.

Besides, you can only speed up the disk by adding RAM until you run out
of space for RAM (or RAM; if you're doing really big jobs, you'll swap
no matter *what* you use).

 Keith> We have over a hundred workstations and several servers.  We
 Keith> don't need to load up our machines too much.  I can see that you
 Keith> do though.

Hey, send us some workstations then, since you have so many to spare.

I'd like an SS2 with a GX board and 19" color; I'm sure I can find a use
for it.  xtank, if nothing else. ;-)
--
Christopher Davis <ckd@eff.org> |    ECONOMIC OBSERVATIONS DEPARTMENT
System Manager & Postmaster     |  "There's always something going out of
Electronic Frontier Foundation  |      business in Central Square."
+1 617 864 0665  NIC: [CKD1]    |   -Rita Marie Rouvalis <rita@eff.org>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.arch
From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "will do TCP/IP for food" Ranum)
Subject: Re: Viking vs Alpha vs HP  (was: New viking sparc)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 13:58:30 GMT

gregw@highland.oz.au writes:

>I think that 4 Viking chips in a well design system are going to
>provide a much faster system than one 200+ MIPs chip based system.

	Of course it might. But it's definitely not going to touch a
system built around 4 200+ MIPS chips.   ;)

mjr.
From: hoffman@tesuji.cmf.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Sbus interface boards
Date: 11 Apr 92 05:48:20 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Organization: Connection Machine Facility, NRL


This might seem like a strange request, but I'm looking for a board
capable of doing near-peak 16 word DMA transfers over the Sbus as bus
master. It should have some kind of processor/memory on it, and a
flexible i/o interface out the back would be nice also. 

Boards using the LSI chip don't seem to have the capability that we
need. I need to get as much bandwidth as possible out of the sbus to
support 'multimedia' applications using at high-speed ATM network
interface. The board would need to burst read a few words from one
board, do some minor processing, and burst write them to another
board, with little or no supervision from the sparc processor.

Any suggestions you might have as to prototype boards, sbus interface
chip manufacturers, or companies interested in doing custom sbus
design would also be quite welcome.


   Eric Hoffman
   Connection Machine Facility
   Naval Research Laboratory
   hoffman@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: gregw@highland.oz.au (Greg Wilkins)
Subject: Viking vs Alpha vs HP  (was: New viking sparc)
Reply-To: gregw@highland.oz.au
Organization: Highland Logic
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 02:50:27 GMT


The recent thread regarding the speed of the viking vs the alpha etc
has tried to correlate the fastest silicon with the fastest
workstation.  Many people have posted the obvious reply - that
system performance depends heavily on system design: bus speed, IO
speed, memory, OS etc.

The concensus appears to be that Sun has good systems with not so fast
Silicon, where as other vendors have lightning fast silicon.  People have
been asking if Sun/SPARC has fallen out of the fast silicon race?

Maybe this due to the emergence of real multi-processor systems.  The 
SPARC V8 spec, the Mbus spec and Solaris 2 have all been designed
with efficient multiprocessing in mind.  Multi processors depend 
even more heavily on system design: bus speed, IO speed, memory, OS etc.
So spending your R&D money on them, rather than fast silicon, appears to
me as good policy - specially as it helps your uni-processors systems as 
well.

I think that 4 Viking chips in a well design system are going to
provide a much faster system than one 200+ MIPs chip based system.
Also when the Viking is release, the price of Cypress chips can be
expected to fall dramatically - thus systems with 2,4 or 8 Cypress
chips will pretty good in the price performance stakes.

So the point of comparison I would like to see made between SPARC, Alpha,
HP, IBM etc is not who has the fastest [proposed] silicon this month.
Rather, I would like to see a comparison of the supporting architectures
for these chips with regards to MP?  Ie bus arbitration, cache coherency,
memory model, OS support, IO support chips ,DMA,  etc etc.

I know a bit about SPARC V8, MBus and Solaris2, and it all looks pretty good
as a MP package (MBus is a little slow), but I do not know how they
compare with whats in the alpha, etc

Is anybody in a position to comment further?

Greg Wilkins @ Highland Logic 
       Snail : Level 2, 29 Albany St, St Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia
       Email : gregw@highland.oz.au
       Phone : (+61 2) 9066624  OR  (+61 48) 683490  
       Fax   : (+61 2) 4361540  OR  (+61 48) 683474 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: ecc+@cs.cmu.edu (Eric Cooper)
Subject: non-volatile solid-state disks?
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 15:25:53 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

I would like to find out about non-volatile solid-state disks or similar
products.  I want something that can be used instead of a hard disk,
that SunOS can boot from, and that keeps its contents without power
for at least hours, preferably longer.

For example, I know of one product (Western Automation Labs' RAMSTOR)
that provides a RAMdisk with battery backup and a SCSI interface.  I'd
like to hear about any others that could be used for my purpose.
SCSI, SBus, or VME interfaces are all relevant.  Thanks; I will
summarize if there's interest.

Eric Cooper

Fore Systems, Inc.	 Phone: 412 967 4040
1000 Gamma Drive           FAX: 412 967 4044
Pittsburgh, PA  15238   E-mail: ecc@fore.com -or- ecc@cs.cmu.edu
-- 
Eric Cooper

Fore Systems, Inc.	 Phone: 412 967 4040
1000 Gamma Drive           FAX: 412 967 4044
From: thad@btr.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP: need Quantum QA250 (from Macintosh) format.dat data
Keywords: help quantum format.dat
Date: 5 Apr 92 10:23:22 GMT
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, Mountain View CA

In article <1992Apr4.013125.16173@mercury.unt.edu> mstgil@sol.acs.unt.edu writes:
>Help!
>
>One of my users has a Sun 4/330 that he wants to put an old Mac SCSI drive
>in.  I've almost got it working, but not quite.  Quantum says:
>	Cylinders = 823
>	Heads = 4
>	RPM = 3662
>	Sectors/Track = 32  <- Sun barfs on this, but is OK on 25 ?!?
>It will be quiet and label OK, with 25 S/T, but complains with 32 S/T.
>Still with 25 S/T format fails although analyze works fine and finds
>about 6 bad sectors, I think.  I cannot get any info about Sun's idea
>[...]

No (specific) idea about that model (QA250), but you need to stay within
the drive's number of available formatted sectors.

From the numbers you listed above, it would appear that's a 40MB drive.

From Quantum's ProDrive 40S OEM manual, the 40S has 82,029 sectors available
for use.

With your numbers:

	823 * 4 * 25 = 82,300 which seems "reasonable" for a 40MB drive

	823 * 4 * 32 = 105,344 which is W-A-Y out of line for a 40MB drive
			but reasonable for a 50MB drive.

You really need to KNOW the number of available sectors.

What I'd do with that drive is retain the 823 and 4, then increase the 25
by 1 each time until SunOS barfs, then back off to the last known "good"
setting and stay with that.  Should take about 5-10 minutes to determine the
"good" numbers using format and its partition subcommand.  Alternately, specify
the 32 (if that is what Quantum informed you), then back off on the number of
cylinders until the format and partition commands "take" without a barf!  :-)

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]
From: billd@fps.com (Bill Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: SCSI ID on an old Emulex MD21 controller?
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:47:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: equalize.1992Apr9.174743.3466
Organization: Cray Research Superservers Inc., San Diego CA, USA

Several years ago, our office inherited a bunch of old 3/50's from
another office and we didn't get much in the way of documentation.  I'd
like to string several of these old SCSI shoeboxes together but I don't
know how to change the SCSI ID on the Emulex MD21 controller.  There is
a 4 pin set of jumper points next to the big square chip and they are
labeled A, B, C, D.  Is it like the Adaptec controller which is:

	id0=sd3=(no jumpers)
	id1=sd1=AB
	id2=sd2=CD
	id3=sd0=AB,CD

provided you can find A, B, C and D which usually aren't labeled.

The Emulex board is labeled "ASSY MU2110402 REV R" and copyrighted 1985.

--Bill Davidson