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From: ucda@toontown.uucp (Chris Andersen)
Subject: Attaching shoebox to an ELC
Organization: The Department For Doing Departmental Things
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:50:38 GMT


The History:	In the past year we've made almost a complete hardware change from 3/50s to
		a mixed environment of IPXs and ELCs.  Several of these systems were bought
		with their own disk, but to save some money we decided to re-use some of the
		shoeboxes (140Mb) hard drives we used with the old 3/50s.  From what we have
		heard from others there should be no problem with doing this (other then having
		to buy some special SCSI cables).

The Problem:	I've been attempting to install 4.1.2 on a shoebox which is attached to one of
		the ELCs, but the ELC simply refuses to recognize that the SCSI disk (sd0) is 
		there (I am using the GENERIC kernel by the way, so it does have the drivers
		for it).  One of the shoeboxes has a tape drive which the ELC DOES recognize (st0),
		but no such luck for the disk.

The Request:	HELP!  Does anyone have any suggestions what I should do?  Can a 3/50 shoebox be
		used on an ELC?  Is there something special that needs to be twiddled to make
		it recognize the disk?

		Any help would be appreciated.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Networking recommendation
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:22:27 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <xvfnblph@csv.warwick.ac.uk> cudep@warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson) writes:
>>3/80s don't have internal transceivers, and there's no way to just take
>>the 15-pin ethernet ports of the 3/80s and wire them together.  (Are there
>>any electronics wizards out there who'd like to say otherwise?  Maybe it's
>>possible if you only have TWO workstations?)
>
>Is it possible using a direct connection between 2 10baseT tranceivers?

You can connect two 10BaseT stations to each other without a hub, given
a suitable crossover cable.  It doesn't generalize to >2.  It works only
for 10BaseT, not for the raw 15-pin AUI ports.
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From: Bob.Smith@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Bob Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: What are ECC SIMMS?
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:36:08 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service


Again a question,

I realize that this is a painfully ignorant question, but are there any
differences between the 9bit SIMMS used in Sun boxes (specifically the
4/330 and the 690, in which currently have 4Mx9 SIMMS, I believe) and
those used in PeeCees, etc.  They seem so press the fact that they are
ECC (more than 9 bits?), some I'm confused.

Thanks in advance,

-bob

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Networking recommendation
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:22:53 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1992Jul23.130454.3965@ll.mit.edu> mikem@ll.mit.edu writes:
>...there's no way to just take
>the 15-pin ethernet ports of the 3/80s and wire them together.  (Are there
>any electronics wizards out there who'd like to say otherwise?  Maybe it's
>possible if you only have TWO workstations?)

Not even if you have just two, not if you want something that will work
reliably.  The AUI (15-pin) interface is highly asymmetrical and there's
no way to just cable one to another.  (In particular, there has to be
intelligence in between to do collision detection.)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: cac@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Christopher A. Cox)
Subject: Sun 2/50 power supply...
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:38:22 GMT

	I am trying to revive a somewhat unhappy Sun 2/50 power supply.
Power is coming in - i.e. I hear some component ticking on it when I
listen closely - but no power is getting out.  The fan doesn't spin and
the board doesn't light up.  Were there any particularly common problems
with these things that someone could tip me off on?  It'd be nice to
have this as an extra case and PS.

						Chris

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: pbh@athena.mit.edu (Paul B Hill)
Subject: Lost monitor cable for Sun 3/80 to Monochrome monitor
Keywords: monitor cable
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:24:21 GMT


I am trying to bring up a Sun 3/80 to do some short term testing. Unfortunately
the monitor cable is lost in the basement. The monitor is a monochrome Sun model
M19P114 with a 9 pin D connector for output. Does anyone know the pin outs of the
cable I need? Or do you know of a fast source that can supply a replacement?
Thanks for your help.

pbh@mit.edu
(617) 253-0124
From: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: need information on IPX vs. SPARC2
Date: 28 Jul 92 15:47:27 GMT
Reply-To: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Other Hangout

In article <DODD.92Jul27082024@mycenae.cchem> dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu writes:
<
<Hello,
<
<  I am in the market for a sun workstation. Originally I was going to get a
<SPARC2 but someone has told me that the IPX is faster and cheaper but less
<expandable. I would like to hear the net's opinion of the IPX.

The IPX is NOT faster than the SS2.  The SS2 is a little faster in Specmarks,
but not much.  The SS2 is loaded with twice the memory and has twice the
context switches.

In general, the SS2 has more power than the IPX.  But, will you really notice?!
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From: antsu@polaris.utu.fi (Antti-Pekka Virtanen)
Subject: Texas Sparcs ?
Organization: University of Turku, Computing Centre
Distribution: comp
Date: 27 Jul 92 22:38:23

I would like to know the device numbers (codes) of Texas Instruments Sparc
processors and support chips. (The local TI rep. didn't know that such exists,
do they ?)

Best Regards, Antti-Pekka <antsu@utu.fi>

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From: Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no (Steinar Haug)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Can an 8 MByte memory board from a 3/470 be used in a 4/490?
Date: 26 Jul 92 12:51:27 GMT
Organization: SINTEF DELAB, Trondheim, Norway.

We upgraded our 3/470 to a 4/670, and we now have two old 8 MByte memory
boards from the 3/470 sitting unused. I was just wondering if these boards
can be plugged into a 4/490? We have a 4/490 with spare slots and which is
somewhat short of memory. The boards are populated with 256 kbit chips, and
the part number is 500110210568 (this is the white strip with the barcode
on it), with a "-04" and "Rev. 54" printed at the right hand side of the
white strip.

Steinar Haug, system/networks administrator
SINTEF DELAB, University of Trondheim, NORWAY
Email: Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no, 
	sthaug@idt.unit.no, steinar@tosca.er.sintef.no
From: parrish@sparky.drad.umn.edu (Todd B. Parrish)
Subject: Looking for data acquisition board for SUN
Organization: University of Minnesota, Radiology Department
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 19:17:01 GMT

Greetings:
	I'm looking for a data acquisition board that can 
acquire an EKG signal and do some real time  analysis.
After doing the analysis, I would like to put out a square pulse.

From the past I can remember a few company names but not the numbers.
Does anybody know the telephone numbers of the following companies?

DataCube in Mass.
or
Imaging Technology in Cal. 

thanks
Todd
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Hooking up laser to sun
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 00:11:27 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1992Jul23.154604.7138@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> bob@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Bob Nutter) writes:
>We're having problems connecting up a Sun 3/60 to a Brother HL8-PS postscript
>laser, and wondered if anyone had any suggestions as to wiring the rs232 lead,
>and to wiring serial cables for suns in general...

It is important to know that the Sun CPU-board serial ports are *not* RS232.
They are RS423.  They are compatible with RS232 if you don't try to push the
cable lengths or speeds too much, and IF THE BOX AT THE OTHER END REALLY
FOLLOWS THE RS232 SPEC.  There are lots of not-quite-RS232 shortcuts that
more or less work with real RS232 but won't interoperate with RS423.  Folks
trying to design boxes to sell for $5 less in the PC market seem to have
discovered most of them, too.
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From: nejdl@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Wolfgang Nejdl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Experiences with Solbourne S3000?
Date: 31 Jul 92 11:12:39 GMT
Reply-To: nejdl@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Wolfgang Nejdl)
Organization: Technical University of Vienna

I am thinking of buying a Solbourne S3000, as no comparable system is
available from Sun (good monitor, expandable, yet portable). Has anybody
had any experiences with this machine, especially its compatibility? Can
I just plug in ordinary SBus cards or do they require modified drivers?
Finally, does anybody know if Solbourne is planning to upgrade to
Solaris 2.0?
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From: kf@ccr-p6.ccr.jussieu.fr (Kurt FEIGL p72471)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Hyundai clone of SPARC 2?
Date: 25 Jul 92 14:30:52 GMT
Organization: Universites P. & M. Curie / D. Diderot


Does anybody have any first-hand experience with the Hyundai HWS-S210?
It is supposed to be a clone of the SPARC station 2, but at least in
France, it is about 15% cheaper.  In particular, I would like to know,
are the claims of 100% binary compatability with Solaris 1.0.1 (or
SunOS 4.1.2?) really true?  In other words, can our system manager
handle a Hyundai with his eyes closed, just as if it were a Sun SPARC
2?  I am particularly interested in running big Fortran applications
under vanilla X (twm or mwm, NOT openwindows).

Thanks in advance,

Kurt


Kurt Feigl
kf@ccr.jussieu.fr
From: len@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (leonard.g.carr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Sparc IPC and Syquest?
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:42:02 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T


I've just gotten a Sparc IPC at work and just subscribed to this newsgroup
so forgive me if this has been asked before...what kind of magic is needed
to connect up a Syquest 44 Mb (scsi) drive to my IPC?  When I attempt to
access the device I get an error message to the effect that the drive isn't
returning from an open request.  Is there some sort of special driver or
something that is needed to get this stuff working?

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From: wang@cedar.nrl.navy.mil (Dennis Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: DAT drives on SUNS
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:25:33 GMT
Reply-To: wang@cedar.nrl.navy.mil
Organization: Naval Research Lab

I don't understand the problem!  I have three 4mm DAT drives on my Sun 4, SS2 and SS1+.  Two of them are even stack loaders with 5 cartridge magazines.  They are Archive Python 4mm Drives and are half height including the stack loaders (although the magazine requires about a full height of travel).  

I would guess that any 4mm vendor could have told you whether they would work on a Sun.
From: adam@endor.uucp (Adam Shostack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: TAAC in a Solflower adapter?
Summary: Is it possible?
Date: 21 Jul 92 17:59:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Jul21.175918.13772
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University


The TAAC board is not supported in a 670. Since we are upgrading a
4/260 to a 670, we need a way to support the TAAC.  Does anyone have
any experience with putting a TAAC board in a SBUS-VME adapter, such
as the one from Solflower?

Thanks in advance,

Adam

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From: jtien@venice.eng.uci.edu (Joe Tien)
Subject: Sparc assembly instructions
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Reply-To: jtien@venice.eng.uci.edu (Joe Tien)
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 24 Jul 92 02:30:37 GMT


Hello,

Does anyone know how/where I can get information on the type/description of the
IU, FPU and Coprocessor chips used in a Sparcstation IPC and SLC? I'm working
on assembly level code and need to know exactly which instructions are implemented
in hardware and which ones in software and what does each instruction do.

Also, I'd appreciate some pointers on good Sparc assembly reference books. I know
of the "Sparc Architecture Manual ver. 8" (it doesn't tell me what I need to know)
and the "Sun-4 Assembly Language Reference Manual" (I"m still trying to get that
from the library). Is there any other sources?

You can post replies here or send email to: jtien@balboa.eng.uci.edu

Thanks in advance.

Joe Tien
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From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Hooking up laser to sun
Date: 26 Jul 92 10:14:45 GMT
Organization: cic

henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:

>In article <1992Jul23.154604.7138@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> bob@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Bob Nutter) writes:
>>We're having problems connecting up a Sun 3/60 to a Brother HL8-PS postscript
>>laser, and wondered if anyone had any suggestions as to wiring the rs232 lead,
>>and to wiring serial cables for suns in general...

>It is important to know that the Sun CPU-board serial ports are *not* RS232.
>They are RS423.  They are compatible with RS232 if you don't try to push the
>cable lengths or speeds too much, and IF THE BOX AT THE OTHER END REALLY
>FOLLOWS THE RS232 SPEC.  There are lots of not-quite-RS232 shortcuts that
>more or less work with real RS232 but won't interoperate with RS423.  Folks
>trying to design boxes to sell for $5 less in the PC market seem to have
>discovered most of them, too.

It is also important to note that all newer Sun boxes have a jumper pair
that allows you to select RS-423 or RS-232. Default is RS-423.
Look for a chapter named "Serial Port MOde Requirements" in your
Installation Guide. I know my IPC has these jumpers, I believe
all newer desktops have them. The 8-serial/1-parallel interface
has them.

An interesting aside: RS-423 open pins default to On, while RS-232
defaults to Off.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: warlock@med.umich.edu (Brad Robertson)
Subject: Why these SCSI transport errors?
Originator: warlock@norm.itn.med.umich.edu
Organization: University of Michigan - Medical Center
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 22:10:11 GMT


Any ideas why I should be seeing these errors when I do a dmesg on my SS-2?

   esp0: Current command timeout for Target 1 Lun 0
   esp0:   State=DATA_DONE (0xa), Last State=DATA (0x9)
   esp0:   Cmd dump for Target 1 Lun 0:
   esp0:   cdb=[ 0x8 0x16 0xcf 0xe0 0x10 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 ]
   sd1:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset': retrying command
   sd0:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset': retrying command
   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

The system is only a few months old and came with a Seagate 424 drive.  The errors didn't show up until after I attached a Hitachi DK516C-16 as sd1.  The Hitachi came from a Novell fileserver, and it formatted with no problems.  At first I thought perhaps I had a bad scsi cable between the cpu and the Hitachi, so I replaced it, but when I came in the next morning, the errors were back.

I am a novice when it comes to scsi matters, so any advice/comments would be appreciated.
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From: mho@saskg.semicon.sony.co.jp (Masato Hori)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: back-up battery worn out?
Date: 22 Jul 92 03:42:19 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: System LSI Business, SONY Corporation, Tokyo Japan


Dear netters,

The other day, one of our SUN4/390 (SunOS 4.0.3) began to display
messages saying;

	synctodr: TOD chip time way off, unable to sync time.

repeatedly.

The local sales rep told us that there was something wrong with the
battery back-up'ed clock. According to him, this is a typical problem
for SUN4 after five or six years of 24 hours driving.

Any experience of same kind of the problem?

Masato Hori		+81-462-30-5341
SONY Corp. System LSI Business, CAD division
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: acslp@jetson.uh.edu (M M Uddin (Pablo) acslp@jetson.uh.edu)
Subject: Memory upgrade on a Sun Sparcstation IPX
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:25:00 GMT

Dear Sun experts: 

	We have a Sun Sparcstation IPX, and we need a memory upgrade 
from 16MEGS to 32MEGS in order to run a demonstration program. Would someone 
kindly explain how this is done?  

Thank you
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From: ksk@ksksun.ca.aecom.yu.edu (Ken Krauter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: DAT drives on SUNS
Keywords: DAT, HP, Sun, drivers
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:25:53 GMT
Reply-To: ksk@ksksun.ca.aecom.yu.edu
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Does anyone know of a source for a SUN driver for the HP 4mmDAT tape drive?  It seems
SUN doesn't support DAT, only 8mm.  Any help would be appreciated.

ken



Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc
From: sal@pacdata.uucp (Sal Quintanilla)
Subject: Adding a monitor and a keyboard to a Sun 3/50
Organization: Pacific Data Products
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:19:41 GMT

I've seen quite a few ads for cheap Sun 3/50 machines with
no monitor and no keyboard.  

- What's the cheapest way to add a monitor to such a system?
  (I'd like to use windows, so this question excludes going
  through the serial ports with a dumb terminal)

- What's the cheapest way to add a keyboard to such a system?

If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.

Sal

P.S.  Hacks are always welcome.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: jedwards@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (James Edwards)
Subject: Question...
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:48:59 GMT

I am getting to take home a Sun from our lab in the near future, and was
wondering which would be better to take.  I have a choice between an IPC
and a Sparc 1+.  I use a Sparc 2 daily, but don't know anything about
the two machines, speed, graphics, anything.  I would like to know if
anyone has any recommendations.  I guess on of the biggest problems is
the IPC's all have little 207mb HD's, while the 1+ at least has the 
shoebox with about 400mb in it.

Thanks in advance,

Jimi


Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: gregg@vexcel.com (Gregg Phillips)
Subject: For Sale: 19" Color X Terminal, UNIX, DOS SUN Workstation $2500
Organization: VEXCEL Corporation, Boulder, CO
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:00:02 GMT

I have the following computer for sale:


SUN 386i/250	80386-DX CPU 25 Mhz
		80387 Math Coprocessor
		8 Mbytes of memory expandable to 16 Mbytes
		344 Mbyte Imprimus SCSI Hard Drive
		19" Hitachi Color monitor
		SUN - 4 type keyboard w/ optical mouse
		3.5" floppy drive
		SUN OS 4.0.2  SUN Berkley like UNIX
		MS-DOS 3.3 emulation under Sunview
		1 serial & 1 parallel port
		1 Ethernet 802.3 DB15 thick wire connector
		1 GXi graphics accelerator frame buffer
		1 SUN VGA graphics board for DOS window

Comes loaded w/ following software:

		Xwindows	Windowing environment
		GNU Emacs	Very nice text editor
		GNU gcc		ANSI C compiler
		cc		SUN standard C compiler
		f77		Sun Fortran compiler
		Open Windows	SUN X Window environment

I also have documentation, boot and OS floppies.  This machine would make a 
great X terminal or application development workstation.  Sun also has a 
trade in program which would make this a perfect upgrade machine to a 
Sparcstation.

I am asking $2500.00 for this system.

Please respond to Gregg Phillips.
gregg@vexcel.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.managers
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: IPC Problems
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 02:18:33 GMT

jhall> == HALL  <jhall@nmsu.edu> 

 jhall> First I am getting a 1.3 or 1.6 gig disk for my IPC.  I have
 jhall> read about the need for patches for this on the older machines.
 jhall> I am using 4.1.1 but will be going to 4.1.2 soon.  PLease tell
 jhall> me what I will need to get this disk going.

Under 4.1.1 you will need a patch.  This comes with Sun 1.3G drives, and
you can get it from Sun if you have software support (now that they
sealed up the support BBS).

4.1.2 supports drives greater than 1G quite nicely (the CD-ROMs with the
patches that we got with our 1.3G drives had big orange stickers saying
"DON'T INSTALL THESE ON 4.1.2").  It also has a lot of other bug fixes.
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