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From: jayl@bit.UUCP (Jay Lessert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Sun4/SPARC
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:03:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: bit.412
Reply-To: jayl@rigel.UUCP (Jay Lessert)
Organization: BIT  Portland, OR

In article <l9i0aaINNr4i@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> denny@sun.com writes:
>  The SS10 (and 6X0MP) ARE sun4s. Their kernel architecture is sun4m. The SS1/1+/2/etc 
>are kernel architecture sun4c. The 4/110 and older SPARCs are kernel architecture 
>sun4. They all have application architecture sun4. 
>  I have no idea how to classify Solbournes, and won't even try. 

All Solbournes have been and still are sun4 application architecture,
of course.

Solbourne has their own set of kernel architectures-- Series4, Series5
and S4000.  I imagine the Viking CPU will be Series6.  (We won't get
into how long I've been running a *real* MP kernel on my 5/60x... :-)

>Denny Gentry
>Sun Microsystems Computer Corp

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From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SPARCstation ELC monitor woes
Date: 29 Aug 92 17:20:03 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

adh@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay) writes:
>if you have the option, and if it's really important to you, you might
>consider wiring up a secure power net with a central ups, like hospitals do.
>they use orange-colored outlets so that they are easily identifiable.
>unless the building is really wiring-hostile (e.g. brick walls), it should be
*----
Not to get off on a tangent, but around here, orange outlets mean
isolated-ground, not UPS.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills)
Subject: Type 4 keyboard cable for 3/60
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 01:05:59 GMT

Can anyone tell me the wiring for a type 4 keyboard cable on a 3/60?
One end is an 8-pin mini-DIN, and the other is a DA-15.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Subject: Re: IPX SIMMS  
Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 20:19:47 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.051043.14437@adl.dms.CSIRO.AU> ianj@dmsadel.adl.dms.CSIRO.AU (Ian Jolly) writes:
>A couple of weeks ago a posting was made to this(?) newsgroup as to
>whether SUN was still shipping 16 Mb IPX's with 1 Mb SIMMS or whether
>they were now using 4 Mb SIMMS.

IPXs have only 4 slots for SIMMs, so they have never been shipped with 1MB 
SIMMs. Most of our IPXs were ordered in December, and arrived in January with 
a single 16MB SIMM each. All the ones ordered since then have as well. 16MB 
SIMMS are the only way you will get past 16MB total memory in an IPX, so 
that's definitely the way to go.

If you're paranoid, you could specify on your PO that it be equipped with a
single 16MB SIMM. Then you can send it back if for some reason it doesn't :-).
But I don't think any of them are being shipped with 4x4MB these days.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Subject: Re: Type 4 keyboard cable for 3/60
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon, US
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 02:16:43 GMT

mills@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gary Mills) writes:
> Can anyone tell me the wiring for a type 4 keyboard cable on a 3/60?
> One end is an 8-pin mini-DIN, and the other is a DA-15.

From comp.sys.sun.hardware Sat Jan  4 23:02:32 1992
From: mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer)
Subject: type 4 / type 3 keyboard pinouts
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, Santa Clara, CA
Date: 4 Jan 1992 23:19:57 UTC

Not being the type to spend upwards of $50 for something that ought
to be worth $5, I built my own 4->3 adapter so I could use a type 4
keyboard on my 501-1164 (Carerra) CPU.

8 pin socket


    7
8       6
5   4   3
  2    1

1  GND
2  GND
3  Vcc
4  RxDB (Mouse)
5  TxDA (Keyboard)
6  RxDA (Keyboard)
7  TxDB (Mouse)
8  Vcc

15 pin socket

8 - - - 1
 15 - 9

1  RxDA (Keyboard)
3  TxDA (Keyboard)
5  RxDB (Mouse)
7  TxDB (Mouse)

2,4,6,8,9 GND
10-15 Vcc

My type 4 keyboard behaves in every way like the type 3 it replaced.
In particular, I can't find any way to exercise the LEDs, and the
key-click is screwed up (it clicks when you use shift, control,
and other such meta-keys). I can live without keyclick, however,
to get a keyboard where it's not necessary. :-)

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From: russ@synapse.ee.ufl.edu (Russell Walters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Installing a SCSI disk on a Sun 3/50
Keywords: disk
Date: 23 Aug 92 22:29:47 GMT
Reply-To: russ@synapse.ee.ufl.edu

I am attempting to install a SCSI disk on a Sun 3/50.  Currently, the systems  
uses a Emulex MD21 controller attached to the SCSI bus.  The disk that I want  
to install is a Micropolis 1674-7.  So far, I have been unable to get the Sun  
to recognize that that disk is connected to the bus (and I have been unable to  
locate any SUN documentation on SCSI disk installation).


Russ Walters
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: jwa@yog-sothoth.dcrt.nih.gov (James W. Adams)
Subject: Sun GT graphics accelerator
Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:59:32 GMT

Just idly curious since I just took delivery of one...

What kind of hardware, CPU, etc. is in the "Graphics Tower."


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From: philb@soda.berkeley.edu (Philip Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Formatting probs: unsupported controllers?
Date: 3 Sep 1992 19:44:28 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
Keywords: Quantum, Fujitsu


I found the answer myself. although it's not a very satisfactory one. I'm
presuming what's happening is as follows:
  The Sun gives the format command to the disk. the disk says okay, and
happily does it. Then, it goes back to "verify" the disk. but uses a
"verify command". which is not getting recognised.

BUT: The disk is FORMATTED!!!

So even though it went back  and said
"error at block 0/0/3: format unfinished",
I could  (, can, and DID) run newfs, fsck, and even mount it just fine!!

I'm now running the Quantum 40S fine on my 4/110.
The Fujitsu M2246, I screwed up the jumpers on. but expect to be running
that okay as soon as I remember what the factory settings were.

Philip

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: victor@st-andy.uucp (Victor Morvillo)
Subject: Re: SLOW IPC!
Reply-To: victor@winged_foot.UUCP (Victor Morvillo)
Organization: RMJ Securities Corp.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:58:55 GMT

In article <8361@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> dclunie@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (David Clunie) writes:
>In article <1992Aug22.160243.16375@unixland.natick.ma.us> bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:
>>
>>Is the problem with the IPC just lack of memory?  If we beef it upt o
>>16 or 32mb, will it pick up the pace a bit?
>
Many vendor's applications require more than eight (8) mb memory.  For example,
FrameMaker suggests 16mb memory, and OpenLook is a yawner on 8mb.  We upgraded all
our workstations to a minimum of 16mb, as the simms are relatively low cost.

Regards


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From: hudgens@SCRI.FSU.EDU (Jim Hudgens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: parallel printers on ss1?
Date: 29 Aug 92 17:04:23 GMT
Organization: SCRI, Florida State University


Well, I know it can be done....

One option is to buy a Centronics parallel Sbus card.  What's the
cheapest one?  I recall reading about a $199 Centronics parallel sbus
card somewhere....

Another possibility is a serial->parallel converter, which is probably
alot cheaper.  The problem (?) here is that the cheap ones (<$65) I've
found only do hardware flow control.  It seems, though, that the
hardware flow control is in the correct direction (i.e. output from
the ss1 to the serial-parallel converter) for it to work (I know this
is an oft-hashed over point, so I just RTFM'd on termios/CRTSCTS to
double check).  Can anyone confirm that this does indeed work
correctly?  Recommendations? 

Thanks....

JHH


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: stevens@madvlsi.columbia.edu (Andy Stevens)
Subject: Lifetime of Exabyte tape?
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:26:26 GMT
X-Posted-From: britain.madvlsi.columbia.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Hi, I would like to know how many times I can record on an 8mm Exabyte
tape before it starts becoming unreliable.  Is it 10 times? 20 times?
Anybody?

--andy s.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: bcd@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Bryan Dunlap)
Subject: Re: IPX SIMMS
Organization: OSU Physics Dept.
	<1992Aug27.124202.23447@prism.poly.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:05:25 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.124202.23447@prism.poly.edu> kapela@prism.poly.edu (Theodore S. Kapela) writes:

   Also take note of the order in which Sun recommends filling in the slots
   (1, 3, 2, 4).

Ok, so I installed my 16 Mb upgrade SIMM in slot 3 instead of 2, but
it still doesn't see it.  Is there anything besides just popping the
SIMM into place that needs to be done?

[New to IPXs and bereft of an installation guide...]

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From: jay@silence.princeton.nj.us (Jay Plett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SPARCstation ELC monitor woes
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:35:38 GMT
Organization: Access, Inc.

In article <1992Aug25.082926.19478@icf.hrb.com>, jpl@icf.hrb.com (Joseph P. Laskowski) writes:
> We have about 12 SPARCstation ELC's and have had various monitor problems on 
> about half of our ELC's. Has anyone else had any problems with the ELC's or
> are we just in the unfortunate category ?

We have had 8 ELCs for just under a year and have had similar
experiences.  In most cases, the guys in our electronics shop
have been able to fix the problems by adjusting pots.  I think
they might have replaced a part on one or two of them
(capacitors?).  One ELC's monitor will sometimes go blank; it
can be awakened by removing the CPU board and flexing it (!).
We have also had to return 2 dead CPU boards for repair during
the year.

	...jay
From: devil@diablery.10A.com (Gil Tene)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: IPC SIMMs in SLC?
Date: 26 Aug 92 10:37:05 GMT
Organization: Diablery, cloud seven, Hell. (also 10A Inc.)

In article <1992Aug25.134152.14702@Princeton.EDU>, awolfe@moo.Princeton.EDU (Andrew Wolfe) writes:
> IPC SIMMS will not even physically fit into an SLC.  ELC SIMMS will work.
> -- 

WRONG. It works the other way around -- SLC SIMMS will work in ELC's 
but ELC SIMMS will not work in SLC's.

SLC SIMMs are 1Mx36bits. ELC SIMMS are 1Mx33bits. When you stick an
SLC SIMM in an ELC it just ignores the extra parity bits. If you stuck
an ELC SIMM in an SLC you'd get parity errors from missing parity bits.

While we're at it -- has anyone succeded in extending an SLC past
16MB by using 2Mx36bots or 4Mx36bits SIMMS? I've heard a rumor about 
this, but have'nt heard from anyone who has actually done it.

So, if you've got a working >16MB SLC, e-mail me. I'll summerize.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: kemnitz@netcom.com (Greg Kemnitz)
Subject: Target didn't disconnect
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 18:58:56 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


This problem has been bugging me for quite a while.
During booting, I got this message,

esp0: Target 5 didn't disconnect after sending COMMAND COMPLETE

Target 5 is an exabyte tape drive.(furnished by TTI, CTS-8005)

After booting up, I can not use tar or anything to make
this tape drive work.
It'll give me error message as,
tar cvf /dev/rst0 *
tar: /dev/rst0: No such device or address

and

esp0:   unexpected data phase
        State=DATA Last State=MSG_OUT_DONE
        Latched stat=0x10<XZERO> intr=0x10<BUS> fifo 0x20
        last msg out: EXTENDED; last msg in: COMMAND COMPLETE
        DMA csr=0x94400010<INTEN>
        addr=fff00001 last=fff00000 last_count=1
        Cmd dump for Target 5 Lun 0:
        cdb=[ 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 ]
        pkt_state 0x3<SEL,ARB> pkt_flags 0x9 pkt_statistics 0x0
        cmd_flags=0x0 cmd_timeout 0
        Mapped Dma Space:
                Base = 0x0 Count = 0x0
        Transfer History:
                Base = 0x0 Count = 0x0
        current phase 0x60=SELECT_SNDMSG        stat=0x10       0x5     0x0
        current phase 0x23=SYNCHOUT     stat=0x10       0x2d    0xf
        current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT     stat=0x17       0x2000
        current phase 0x27=STATUS       stat=0x17       0x0
        current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT     stat=0x13
        current phase 0x26=DATAIN       stat=0x1        0x2000
        current phase 0x1b=RESEL        stat=0x7        0x3     0x0
        current phase 0x5=MSG_IN        stat=0x7        0x4
        current phase 0x28=DISCONNECT   stat=0x7        0x2000
        current phase 0x20=SELECT       stat=0x10       0x3     0x0
        current phase 0x1=CMD_START     stat=0x10       0x8     0x20
        current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT     stat=0x17       0xc000
        current phase 0x27=STATUS       stat=0x17       0x0
        current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT     stat=0x13
        current phase 0x26=DATAIN       stat=0x1        0xc000
        current phase 0x1b=RESEL        stat=0x7        0x3     0x0
esp0:   Target 3 now Synchronous at 4.0 mb/s max transmit rate
esp0:   Target 3 now Synchronous at 4.0 mb/s max transmit rate

Now, target 3 is an external HD which is working fine.

Anyone has any idea?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: ron@rss.dl.nec.com (Ron Guest)
Subject: New server advice
Reply-To: ron.guest@rss.dl.nec.com
Organization: NEC America
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:51:55 GMT

We have been thinking about the merits of using a 'workstation'
server versus a 'desk side' server.  I would like to solicit
any opinions and facts about this.  The new SCSI 1.3 GB disks
seem to be about as fast as the IPIs.  The CPUs are basically
identical.  The bus is different though (VME for the desk side
and Sbus for the workstations).  

Our purpose would be purely as a disk server.  We currently
use 470 with IPI disks, Network coprocessors, and prestoserve.
Any comparisons of this against a SS2 or a SS10?
Thanks.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: engp1186@nuscc.nus.sg (Won-Soon Lau)
Subject: New 3.5" Quantum 1.2G disk anyone?
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 05:03:51 GMT

I heard it from a local distributor about the new disk.  It has a formatted
capacity of 1.2Gbyte and a average seek time of 11ms all inside a standard
3.5 inches half height package.  I wonder anyone has any experience with
this drive?  So far, I haven't come across and format.dat for it.  
This drive is real cheap - about US $1,800 quoted by the distributor.
Please email to me if you have any info and I'll post a summary.

Won-Soon Lau
engp1186@nuscc.nus.sg
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From: shj@ultra.com (Steve Jay {Ultra Unix SW Mgr})
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Sun4/SPARC
Date: 24 Aug 92 02:20:17 GMT
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies

In <BtGrCw.LEJ@acsu.buffalo.edu> pjg@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham) writes:

>too bad any SPARC binary won't run on any sun4 system.  it would sure make
>my life easier.

If you have a binary from any Sun Sparc system (Sun 4/xxx, SSx, IPx, etc.),
that won't run on all other Sun Sparc systems, you have a bug which
should be reported ASAP to Sun.  I am not aware of any applications which
run on one model Sun Sparc system, and not on all the others.

If you have a non-Sun Sparc system that claims to be a Sun clone, and
can't exchange binaries with Sun Sparc systems, complain to the vendor
of the "clone".

Steve Jay
shj@ultra.com  ...ames!ultra!shj
Ultra Network Technologies / 101 Dagget Drive / San Jose, CA 95134 / USA
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Update to ELC monitor woes.
From: jpl@icf.hrb.com (Joseph P. Laskowski)
Date: 1 Sep 92 09:59:50 EST
Organization: HRB Systems, Inc.

Here's some information that may be helpful for all the ELC owners out there.
As I previously posted, I had a lot of problems with our ELC monitors. Today
I finally talked to a person at SUN that had a clue about the ELC problems.
To make a long story short, SUN will replace any ELC monitor that is between
the following serial numbers 9120xxxxxx to 9149xxxxxx. These are only
approximate numbers but they should be close. They are only replacing monitors
that are having problems. I hope that this will help everyone experiencing
problems with the ELC's.

Joe Laskowski
HRB Systems, Inc.
jpl@icf.hrb.com
From: kroener@cs.uni-sb.de (Tom Kroener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: overheat-detection device
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:08:07 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of the Saarland, Germany

Hello,

I'm looking for an overheat-detection device (hardware and software)
that sends a signal to the serial port to force the system to shutdown,
and switch off the sun after the shutdown has finished.
Does such a kind of hardware exist and how much does it cost?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: greeves@Edm.Arco.COM (Gayle Reeves - PRC C6609)
Subject: Re: Lifetime of Exabyte tape?
Originator: greeves@kahuna
Organization: ARCO Exploration and Production Technology
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:29:04 GMT


In article <1992Sep1.192626.5134@ctr.columbia.edu>, stevens@madvlsi.columbia.edu (Andy Stevens) writes:
|> Hi, I would like to know how many times I can record on an 8mm Exabyte
|> tape before it starts becoming unreliable.  Is it 10 times? 20 times?
|> Anybody?
|> 
|> --andy s.
|> 

Well, as with many things in life, there probably is not an answer to your question.
I have used and am still using tapes that have 50+ recordings on them.  I have had 
a few tapes that stopped working after just a few recordings.  


Your mileage may vary.....



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From: aj681@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Carlin Wiegner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Hooking Mac SCSI Hard Drive up to Sun 3/160..
Date: 4 Sep 1992 20:15:46 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu


I have a 600 meg Macintosh Hard Drive and was wondering if I
can hook it up to a Sun 3/160 I'm thinking about buying...
Thanks for the emailed replies...
CW
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.apps
From: jdell@nefertiti.mit.edu (John Ellithorpe)
Subject: Re: Serial port communication packages
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	<derry.715459238@milton>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 22:50:40 GMT

On 2 Sep 92 18:40:38 GMT, derry@milton.u.washington.edu (Derry Lyons) said:
> Article-I.D.: milton.derry.715459238
>
> I haven't been able to get Pcomm to work...I get a compiler
> error, which probably has something to do with the AT&T unix
> setup of the thing.  Has anyone experienced this problem and
> found any workarounds?
>
> For the record, C-Kermit looks good, but is there a way to get
> interactive terminal sessions from it?  It appears that you must
> have a kermit server ANSWERING the phone on the other end. 

I don't know what your configuration is, so I'll sort of gargle out what I
know about this, which really aint much.

If you have just a PC/Mac sitting off a serial port of some Unix box, then
all you have to do is turn the port on for logins, and when you enter kermit,
set the speed right (9600 baud, etc) and make sure the bits are all okay, then
type c (I think) to connect, and it should give you a connection.  Then just
type as you normally would at some terminal.

If you are using Kermit with a modem, then you need to connect to another
modem on the other end.  Luckily for me, I have a large university which
does this for me, so I can log in from home.

I hope that was helpful,

John
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