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From: erl@powell.cs.jt.dk (Erik Bruijn Larsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SMD drives and the Sparc 690MP
Date: 21 Dec 92 13:09:15 GMT
Organization: Jydsk TELEFON

mjewison@nereid.sal.ists.ca (Mike Jewison) writes:

>I am relatively new to the system administration world, and I've got a
>question I hope someone can answer.  We are currently running a
>Sun 4/280 server with three disks connected via an SMD controller.
>There are plans to upgrade the 4/280 to a Sparc 690MP in the near future.
>Sun isn't very interested in taking back our old disks, so we would, if
>possible, like to make use of them with the new server.  Is it possible
>to take the SMD controller card from the 4/280 and plug it directly into 
>the 690MP?  If not, does anyone know of a card which would plug into the
>690 and allow us to make use of the SMD drives?

As far as I know it is possible to plug a SMD controller in the Sparc 690MP.
In one month or so I have to do the same like you.
Our dealer told me that it is possible, so I trust him.
SMD controllers should also be supported by Solaris 2.x.




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From: johnn@eskimo.com (John Navitsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Sun abandoning SunOS4.1.3?
Date: 28 Dec 92 18:20:38 GMT
Organization: =>ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE, WA.<=

In article <...> () writes:
>In article <...>, ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) 

[...]

>for several years.  However, AT&T owning 20% of Sun stock seems to carry a 
>lot more weight with SunSoft than customers who are perfectly willing to buy 
>hardware from other vendors.
>
>RichardT
>Network Archeologist

As I recall, AT&T does not own Sun stock anymore.  As I recall, Sun & AT&T 
split ways and AT&T sold Sun it's stock back.  

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From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SuperSparc Multiprocessor upgrade for 6
Date: 2 Jan 93 18:38:39 GMT
Organization: cic

mcdono@nosc.mil (Tim McDonough ) writes:

>I've just received a SS10. Some confusion whether it's a Model
>20 or Model 30? Board says TMS390 . A list would be great.

I have here a -20. The Mbus module has the part number
501-2218. This is on the bar code label. Mine says
5012218009319. I assume 009319 is the serial number ...
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From: dansmith@Autodesk.COM (Daniel Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: DEC RZ55 /etc/format.dat entry (still) needed
Date: 22 Dec 92 07:53:55 GMT
Organization: Autodesk Inc., Sausalito CA, USA

In <18146@autodesk.COM> dansmith@Autodesk.COM (Daniel Smith) writes:
> 	Anyone have this?  The DEC /etc/disktab entry is:
> rz55|RZ55|DEC RZ55 Winchester:\
>         :ty=winchester:ns#36:nt#15:nc#1224:\
>         :pa#32768:ba#8192:fa#1024:\

	etc...

	Still need this, the format program is asking
me things I don't know.  I have DEC's around and that helps a little,
but I really could use a hardware manual about now.  Is this really a
CDC of some sort?

					Daniel

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer)
Subject: Re: How does one boot a Sun 2 without a video card?
Organization: Private UUCP, Martin Cracauer, Norderstedt, Germany
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 09:53:49 GMT

rflukes@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard F. Lukes) writes:


>I am trying to boot a Sun 2 (68010) system which has no video
>subsystem.  I would like to attach a VT100 to one of the CPU's
>serial lines and use that as a console.  How do I go about doing
>this?  Do I need special boot PROM's?  (I have both versions of the
>Sun 2 CPU board.)

No problem at all. If no video card is detected, your SUN will use any
terminal attached to serial A.
You should unplug the SUN's keyboard, too.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: jmm@pt.com (James Mooney)
Subject: Re: Sparc 2 panics with Fast SCSI/buffered ethernet installed
Organization: Performance Technologies, Incorporated
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:22:59 GMT

In article <BzGn8v.Mz8@well.sf.ca.us> gaarder@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Gaarder) writes:
>I have actually succeeded in getting a Fast SCSI/Buffered Ethernet (FSBE)
>card, but have not succeed in getting it to work.  When it is installed
>in my SparcStation 2, I get 2 errors.  During the probe time, the
>message "esp1: no dma controller" appears.  Later, I get:
>
>le1: panic: can't initialize chip
>
>and the system dumps core and halts.  I've talked to Sun tech support;
>sending me a new board didn't work, and now they're pretty clueless.
>Any clues?
>
>Steven Gaarder                              Network and Systems Administrator
>gaarder@actech.com                          A C Technology, Ithaca, N.Y., USA

The FSBE uses a new DMA controller, I believe named DMAII. The Sparc2 software
is looking for the older DMA+ part. If you want both SCSI-2 and Ethernet
you should try our PT-SBS550 SCSI-2/Ethernet 10-base-T board. This board
uses the DMA+ part and works fine on the Sparc2 machines. 

For more information on the PT-SBS550 send me mail, or call me at (716)
256-0200.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Subject: Re: Exabyte EXB-8500 causing system to hang
Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 16:54:43 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.221529.2066@polaris.utu.fi> mea@polaris.utu.fi (Matti Aarnio) writes:
>seltzer@sda.com (Wayne Seltzer) writes:
>>Occasionally, our system hangs when dumping to the Exabyte.
>>Need to L1-A to reboot.
>>
>>We get the following console message:
>>
>>st1:    Error for command 'write', Error Level:'Fatal'
>>         Block: 16       File Number: 0
>>         Sense Key: Media Error
>>         Vendor (Exabyte 8mm Helical Scan) Unique Error Code: 0x3

You will occasionally get media errors, but it shouldn't hang the system.
Chances are either the box has incorrect firmware for Suns, or something is
misconfigured in whatever DIP switches it has. If a manual came with it,
check the configuration. Then contact the vendor who sold it to you. Most
of them are pretty good about helping out even if it isn't still on warranty.
I have seen misconfigured Exabytes cause frequent bus resets even when not
in use.

It could also just be that the drive has intermittent problems.

>  We have an EXB-8200, and it does (did) give similar errors.
>Turned out to be DIRTY driver.  It went to cleaning at factory,
>and now runs smoothly.  (This is not Sun supplied unit.)
>Hmm... Today it has given similar trouble again, well, 4 months
>since last time...

I have to ask ... are you *cleaning* the drive yourself? Exabytes need to
be cleaned regularly, just like every magnetic tape device on the face of
the planet. Make *absolutely* sure you are using cleaning tapes designed
for Exabytes, not 8mm video cleaning tapes. The latter are abrasive and
will not only damage the heads but also void any warranty/contract you have
on it.

The tapes aren't perfect, you will occasionally get media errors that the
Exabyte can't work around.

>  We have had similar trouble with HP-88780 1/2" reel front-loading
>driver (our tape0, Sun supplied hardware), and for that Sun has been
>unable to provide an answer for..

Get them to swap it out if it's on contract. These drives have loads of
settable switches and lots of things that can go wrong.

We once saw this problem on an RS/6000 system with one of these 9-track drives,
and it turned out that the battery in the drive that preserves the SCSI ID was
bad. Otherwise they have been superb tape drives for us. 
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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Sun's GUI and OS mistakes (was Re: LX a
Date: 22 Dec 92 04:46:40 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>3. If OpenWindows were as fast as X11/R?, would you still hate it?
>
>It seems that the biggest reason people dog OpenWindows is because of
>its speed.  *If* Sun fixes that...

"It's only X11R4, not X11R5" (or stuff that amounts to that) seems to be
another common complaint.  I suspect OW 4.0, if such a thing comes out,
will be either X11R5-based or X11R6-based (if X11R6 arrives in time for
them to base a release on it).

It may also have a fairly different server init, which may lack NeWS but
have Display PostScript instead.  Whether that server will be faster,
slower, or about the same speed is another matter....  Dunno what effect
that'll have on the time-lag between an X Consortium release and an OW
release based on it.

>The biggest reason my organization supports OpenWindows is because of
>AnswerBook.  I don't see how any large site can survive the onslaught
>of paper manuals.

Yup.  If they shoot NeWS in the head, it might mean that AB won't
require OW; then again, it may just mean that it won't require NeWS, but
will require Display PostScript instead (are there any X terminals that
do DPS?)....
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcpip,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.solaris
From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (Stew Ellis)
Subject: Re: Berkeley Packet Filter for Sun's
Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:45:45 GMT

dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie) writes:

>I am interested in implementing a filter for controlling the flow
>of certain tcpip packets based on source/destination, protocol and
>possibly process/user of origin.

>I gather from peeking at tcpdump that there is such a thing as the
>"Berkeley Packet Filter" mechanism that can be implemented in SunOS 4.1x
>if one has a source license which I don't :(

>Is there anyone who has done this that could let me have the object
>of the appropriately modified modules ?

>I am presupposing of course that BPF will be of some use to me, in the
>sense that it will allow me to selectively filter packets, rather than
>just peek at them !

>Thanks ... david

Check out Weitse Venema's tcp/ip wrappers.  They are archived on many sites,
but the best place to check for them is cert.org.  They work only with tcp
and not with udp.

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From: dwf@doug.Eng.Sun.COM (Douglas W. Forehand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SuperSparc Multiprocessor upgrade for 670MP
Date: 22 Dec 1992 20:09:26 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dwf@doug.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: doug

In article 5335@news.service.uci.edu, steve@fisher.bio.uci.edu (Steve Frank) writes:
>
>Has a shipping date and price been set for multiprocessor upgrades for  
>670MP systems?  I have 2 two-processor Sparc 2 modules and would like to  
>upgrade to the same configuration with the new processors.
>
>I realize the upgrade is not shipping yet, but I would like to know when  
>it will be available.
>

We are infact shipping SuperSPARC versions of the 6x0 product now, as
well as a small number of upgrades. 

Check with your sales person.

-Doug


Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin
From: efroyman@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Ella Froyman)
Subject: BOOT error on Sunsparc 2
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: comp.sys.sun.app
Organization: Northeastern University
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:06:41 GMT


Hi netters;

I am having problem booting up my sparc 2. I get
the error message Memory address not aligned. What's
wrong? Anyhelp will be appreciated because I can't
afford to loose the data.

Please response to my email. and thanks in advance.
Ella
From: erl@powell.cs.jt.dk (Erik Bruijn Larsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: IPC 4M Simms
Date: 21 Dec 92 13:16:27 GMT
Organization: Jydsk TELEFON

mcguire@selway.umt.edu (Charles J McGuire) writes:

>I have an IPC with at least one bad 4M Simm.
>The IPC is running 4.1.1, has 8-1M simms and 4-4M simms.
>After continuous panics and reboot failures, I pulled the
>4-4M simms out. It's perking along fine now.

>1. Can anyone give me hint on how to determine which of
>   simms is bad? 

Maybe or maybe not.
After you have installed memory you must do the following:
At the ok prompt

ok setenv selftest-#megs X (X for memory size)
ok show selftest-#megs
ok test-memory

If the memorytest fails you will see:

Bad memory: Data test:
Try Changing Uxxxx 

The number Uxxxx refers to the number on the socket. You will have to open 
the IPC and look which number it is. 

>2. Can anyone provide information on a good, cheap source 
>   for 4M simms for the IPC?

Do not buy them where you buy your Sun equipment. They are to expensive.
Last time I bought RAM for my IPC, I got it from a local PC-shop.
Prize: 125 US-dollar for one 4 MB SIMM module.




Erik Bruijn Larsen 
System & Network Administrator
Jydsk Telefon A/S
Cse/THN
8310 Tranbjerg J.
Denmark
Phone   : +45 86 29 33 66 ext. 73 58
Fax     : +45 86 29 46 07
Private : +45 86 11 84 84
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From: kevin@sherman.pas.rochester.edu (kevin mcfadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Racing stripes from SparcPrinter and Mathcad
Date: 21 Dec 92 15:12:23 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester


I am wondering whether anyone out there had encountered a similar problem
and knows of a fix.  We occasionally (not often enough to be ticked off)
get a vertical stripe(s) on postscript Mathcad 3.1 documents printed
on our SPARCprinter (w/ Newsprint 2.0).  Mathcad Inc. has been trying
to reproduce the error (or so they say) but have not yet replied with
any ideas as to the problem.  Neither has Sun.

Thanks for any help/info and have a good holiday,

Kevin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: paul@dvorak.cis.nctu.edu.tw (Paul W. Shew)
Subject: URGENT! format.dat for MICROP 1598, please!
Keywords: format.dat
Organization: NCTU
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:47:01 GMT

My earlier post might have problem. Well, I've got a Micropolis 1.2G hard disk
(1598-15MD) which I am installing to my SUN IPC. I need the format.dat for the
disk urgently. Thanks ...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: zook@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Craig A Zook 283-4206)
Subject: Re: SMD drives and the Sparc 690MP
Organization: MDSSC
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:05:35 GMT

In article <erl.724943355@powell>, erl@powell.cs.jt.dk (Erik Bruijn Larsen) writes:
|> mjewison@nereid.sal.ists.ca (Mike Jewison) writes:
|> 
|> >I am relatively new to the system administration world, and I've got a
|> >question I hope someone can answer.  We are currently running a
|> >Sun 4/280 server with three disks connected via an SMD controller.
|> >There are plans to upgrade the 4/280 to a Sparc 690MP in the near future.
|> >Sun isn't very interested in taking back our old disks, so we would, if
|> >possible, like to make use of them with the new server.  Is it possible
|> >to take the SMD controller card from the 4/280 and plug it directly into 
|> >the 690MP?  If not, does anyone know of a card which would plug into the
|> >690 and allow us to make use of the SMD drives?
|> 
|> As far as I know it is possible to plug a SMD controller in the Sparc 690MP.
|> In one month or so I have to do the same like you.
|> Our dealer told me that it is possible, so I trust him.
|> SMD controllers should also be supported by Solaris 2.x.
|> 
We just recently upgrade a 4/280 to a 4/670.  We were told by Sun that the
SMD type drives (xd) were not supported.  I just went and looked at the
/sys/sun4m/conf/GENERIC file on the 4/670 we recieved and could find no
reference to the drivers for the SMD drives.
We ended up moving the SMD drives to a 4/470 which does support SMD.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: mcortes@shearson.com (Mathew Cortes)
Subject: Re: Memory Bank Configuration on :  SS2, IPX, I
Reply-To: mcortes@shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:47:59 GMT


SS1 and SS1+ are as following ;

 _______     _______
|	|   |       |    scsi connectors are up here
|   0	|   |	1   |
|	|   |	    |
|_______|   |_______|

 _______     _______
|	|   |       |
|   2	|   |   3   | 
|   	|   | 	    | 
|_______|   |_______|       Sbus connectors are down here



SS2 as following ;


SIMM3		SIMM3		Disk connectors are up here
SIMM2		SIMM2
SIMM1		SIMM1
SIMM0		SIMM0

SIMM3		SIMM3
SIMM2		SIMM2
SIMM1		SIMM1
SIMM0		SIMM0		Sbus connectors are down here


IPX's are laid out like this

SIMM0
SIMM1

SIMM2
SIMM3

Sbus connectors

IPC's are laid out like this

 _______     _______
|	|   |       |    scsi connectors are up here
|   0	|   |	1   |
|	|   |	    |
|_______|   |_______|  
					       
	     _______
	    |       |
	    |   2   |
            |       |      
            |_______|
                             Sbus connectors are down here

That should cover your question
Hope it helps
Matt

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: davidc@panix.com (David B. Chorlian)
Subject: Scanners
Summary: Seeking info on Scanners (SCSI)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:34:58 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Keywords: Scanners, SCSI

We are planning to purchase a scanner.  Any experience with hardware
attached to Sun SCSI Port (SS2 or IPX) would be welcome.  Software
inquiry for this appears in another post.

David B. Chorlian
Neurodynamics Lab
SUNY/HSCB 
davidc@panix.com

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe)
Subject: Re: Newbie Discovers Xloadimage:  Questions in Need of Answers
Followup-To: alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d
Organization: Miners for a Heart of Gold
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 23:57:04 GMT

First, I wish to thank Mr. Ed Kallen (mughi@netcom.com) for his graciousness
in posting the ASCII file of the photo of Ms. Kizaki in the ohuro.  I enjoyed
it very much; at least, I can now see what I'll never get ... (Never mind.
It's my own cross to bear--between me and my God, who probably hates me
anyhow ...)

Anyways, I do have some questions.  First, I am running the xloadimage 
command on a Sparcstation 2, which can be assumed to be equipped with
the minimal set of hardware.  It is really _only_ equipped to display images
of VLSI circuits designed in Magic.

My system has no built-in xloadimage command; apparently, the system
administrator decided to leave out.  So, over the break, I ftped xloadimage
source code from export.lcs.mit.edu, hacked on it, and compiled it into
something that _apparently_ works.

I used it to display bepp-10.jpg (the photo of the lovely Japanese lady).
Here's what I typed:

      xloadimage bepp-10.jpg

The system pops back:
(1)   bepp-10.jpg is a 464x768 JPEG Image, color space YCbCr, 3 comps., Huffman coding
(2)   Converting true color image to RGB image with 256 colors...image uses 874 colors...done
(3)   Using private colormap
(4)   Building XImage...done

Unfortunately, the quality of my image is only average, but I've noticed
that some other non-English speakers here seem to be able to produce a
higher quality image.  So, I must be doing something wrong, at least in my
compilation.

Question #1
-----------
Line #1 of the response seems okay.  However, Line #2 seems to suggest that
my maximum number of colors is 256!  How can this be?  I thought that 
Suns were equipped with a  display capability of at least 1024 colors even
in the base model.

Clearly, something screwy is happening.  The original picture had 874 colors,
but they have been mapped into 256 colors!  How can I expand my capability
to 1024 colors (or, at least 256 colors)?  Did I do something wrong in the
compilation of my code?  What paramemters must I set to release the
full 1024 colors?

Question #2
-----------
What is Line #3 referring to?  Where is the "private colormap"?  How can
I access it?

Question #3
-----------
Could you describe to me the graphics capabilities of the base-model
Sparcstation #2?


When you reply, please send e-mail.  I'll post a summary.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: fons@nat.vu.nl (Fons Ullings)
Subject: Fujitsu M2444AC SCSI tape-unit interface
Organization: Fac. Natuurkunde en Sterrenkunde, VU, Amsterdam
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 14:48:40 GMT

Hello,

I am looking for distributors (preferable in Europe) of Fujitsu
1/2" tape-units.
Or to be more specific; I am looking for the original Fujitsu
SCSI <-> Pertec interfaces that can be plugged directly into
'M2444AC' 1/2" 6250bpi tape units.

many thanks in advance for your help !


Fons Ullings, VU, Amsterdam

email: fons@nat.vu.nl
From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Sun abandoning SunOS4.1.3?
Date: 31 Dec 92 01:56:52 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>Neither IBM
>nor DEC, nor any of the other OSF players ever actually committed to
>*using* OSF/1 on their machines.

To be fair, DEC does seem to be moving in the direction of having OSF/1
be their UNIX offering; their last position was, I think, that they'd
even put it on their MIPS-based machines.

However, I've not heard any committment from IBM or HP to use OSF/1 in
its entirety on all their UNIX platforms, although IBM is, I think,
using it as the basis for the AIX running on 390's and maybe PS/2's (not
to be confused with the AIX running on RS/6000's).
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware