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From: truher@s1.gov (Joel Truher)
Subject: Inkjet printer for Sun ?
Organization: LLNL
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:22:40 GMT

Hello Sun worshipers,

Thanks for all your answers regarding large drives in the 3/50
shoebox.  I'll soon have 760MB in there with no problem.

Does anyone have any experience using inkjet printers?  (e.g.
Deskwriter (TM)).  Do there exist Postscript (TM) interpreting
ink-jet printers?

Thanks,
Joel
From: izo30@ccc.amdahl.com (Ian O'Brien)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: format.dat entry for Fujitsu M2652P
Date: 11 Sep 92 18:22:08 GMT
Reply-To: izo30@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Ian O'Brien)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

Does anyone have a guaranteed correct format.dat entry for this disk. I have
been using the following for about three months:

disk_type = "Fujitsu-M2652P" \
        : ctlr = "ISP-80" \
        : ncyl = 1889 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 1891 : nhead = 20 : nsect = 84 \
        : rpm = 5400 : bpt = 52664 : skew = 0 : precomp = 0
 
I haven't had any problems with data integrity with this drive but I am having
a number of errors come up like:

id002f: block 9278 (1857278 abs): read: Response Extent. 
id002f: block 701488 (2549488 abs): read: Response Extent. id002f: block 701488 (2549488 abs): read: Machine Exception. Physical Interface Check. 
id002f: block 701488 (2549488 abs): read: Response Extent. 
id002d: block 124506 (460506 abs): read: Conditional Success. Data Retry Performed. 
id002b: block 14448 (14448 abs): read: Conditional Success. Motion Retry Performed. 
id002f: block 161632 (2009632 abs): read: Response Extent. id002f: block 161632 (2009632 abs): read: Machine Exception. Physical Interface Check. 
id002f: block 161632 (2009632 abs): read: Response Extent. 
id002e: block 7520 (1351520 abs): read: Response Extent. id002e: block 7520 (1351520 abs): read: Machine Exception. Physical Interface Check. 
id002e: block 7520 (1351520 abs): read: Response Extent. 

Any comments on what these errors mean?

Regards,

Ian
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: wargopl@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Peter L. Wargo)
Subject: Re: Archive Viper support for 250 MB tape
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:41:32 GMT

mikey@yoho.carleton.ca (Mike G McFaul) writes:

[...]

>How much more data goes onto a DC6250 vs DC6150, and does anyone know
>if these tapes will work in an Emulex MT02 QIC-11/QIC-24 tape drive?
>I'd like to get more than 60 Meg out of a tape...

A) 250M .vs. 150M
B) Yes. A DC6250 Will give you about 100M.  I have a 60M QIC-24 tape ape
attached to my Sun3, and I can back up a 95M (full) partition using the
following dump params:

dump 0cusdtf 1010 1000 9 /dev/rst8 /dev/sd1g

Hope this helps.  BTW, I *always* use DC6150's instead of DC600A's. 
Better tape quality, in my book.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Subject: Re: Archive Viper support for 250 MB tape
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 07:06:57 GMT

In <laf6d1INN4vh@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> lou@flipper.Corp.Sun.COM ("Luis R. Ordorica") writes:
| Can anyone tell me if the Archive Viper mechanism used in the desktop
| storage pack can support tape lengths of 250 MB?
| 
| I would love to get more backup capacity out of the drive than the 
| standard 150 MB DC6150 tape size.

Seems like a Sun employee ought to be able to get the official
answer, but I'm always happy to help the competition ;)

Archive has told us (SGI) that the 6250 tapes have been qualified
on the 2150S, and work just fine.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: chapman@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Mark Chapman)
Subject: Model Information
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 03:32:50 GMT

I am considering purchasing a used sun machine.  I currently use OS/2 and
am familiar with several versions of Unix, but have not worked directly with
Sun hardware. 

Although this may be a FAQ, where do I get information about the abilities
of the different models of suns?

I am considering buying a Sun 3/80.  Is that a good machine for someone who
wants to work with a little X-windows, networking, and learn some system 
administration.  Eventually, I would just use the X-server to run client 
apps on a RISC box (non-sun).  And I would like to experiment with such 
things as NFS and Telnet from a DOS Machine. 

This was one machine I considered purchasing... 

Sun 3/80 
	Pizza Box Sized Machine
	Motorola 68030 Processor, running at 20 MHz
	16 MB RAM
	Conner 100 MB Hard Drive - with SunOS 4.1.1, X11R5
	19" Mono Monitor with mono framebuffer
	Sun-4 Type Keyboard and Mouse
	2 Serial, 1 Parallel ports on board

How much is it worth? Is it upgradable?  Is there a better model that would
let me do Sun-type computing :-)?

Thanks in advance.  I would appreciate your e-mail.

Mark C.
From: wbc@aruba.dartmouth.edu (Wayne B. Cripps)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Who fixes sun/phillips monitors
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:47:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Originator: wbc@aruba.dartmouth.edu

I have a dead monochrome monitor made by phillips, canada.
where can I get a new power supply?  (please send me e-mail)

	Wayne
	wbc@quimby.dartmouth.edu

-- 

	Wayne Cripps
	wbc@sunapee.DARTMOUTH.EDU
	Bradley Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H. 03755 (603) 646-3198
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: mikey@yoho.carleton.ca (Mike G McFaul)
Subject: Re: Archive Viper support for 250 MB tape
Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 03:25:02 GMT

In article <188ghvINNkfs@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> hans@castlerock.East.Sun.COM writes:
>In article laf6d1INN4vh@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM, lou@flipper.Corp.Sun.COM ("Luis R. Ordorica") writes:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Can anyone tell me if the Archive Viper mechanism used in the desktop
>>storage pack can support tape lengths of 250 MB?
>>
>	Yup, DC6250's work fine in the Viper, I have been using them for about 
>	a month now...
>
>

How much more data goes onto a DC6250 vs DC6150, and does anyone know
if these tapes will work in an Emulex MT02 QIC-11/QIC-24 tape drive?
I'd like to get more than 60 Meg out of a tape...

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: chaz@elvis.xrxedds.COM ( Charles Brault)
Subject: HELP needed connecting WorldBlazer to Sparc 2
Organization: EDDS, Xerox Corporation, Herndon Va.
Distribution: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:54:12 GMT

I am trying to replace the Trailblazer Plus with a new WorldBlazer.
The line is primarily used to remote logins.

I have tried to follow an old set to setup notes (which worked for the
TrailBlazer) obtained from uunet titled:

"
===============================================================
Telebit Corporation	Revision 1.03		08November 1990
===============================================================

SETUP INSTRUCTIONS FOR TELEBIT MODEMS AND THE SUN SPARCSTATION I
(SUNOS 4.1)"	

These notes worked fine for the TB, they don't appear to work for the
WB.

When I try to run a getty,the modem seems to be reflecting back the
login  prompt. I obviously don't have all the registers set right.

If someone could give me a register dump of a TrailBlazer attached to
a Sparc 2 and setup as a dial in port, I would be much obliged...

I'm running 4.1.2 SunOS, WB has LA5.00W rom.

--
These dain bramaged opinions are my own. Usual
disclaimers, etc., etc., etc....

Charles E. Brault          uunet!brault!chaz
Computer Consulting		
10 Thomas Street
Rockville, MD 20850
301-279-7164

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: bob@sparkie.nrri.umn.edu (Robert I. Benett)
Subject: PrestoServe
Organization: U of Minnesota, Natural Resources Research Institute
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 03:52:02 GMT


Is anyone out there using the PrestoServe card???

I'd like to hear anything I can about the thing.









bob


bob@sparkie.nrri.umn.edu
(218)723-4914



Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: ddev@src.umd.edu (Don DeVoe)
Subject: Mouse compatability?
Organization: Systems Research Center
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:20:39 GMT

Are there any differences between the various Sun mice, other than the
keyboard connectors?  I'd like to know if I can get, say, a mouse designed for 
a Sun 2 or 3 style keyboard to work with a Sun 4 keyboard simply by using
an adapter (modular to DIN, or whatever).  I recently came across a source
of very cheap ($5) Sun 2 mice which I'd like to use on other machines...
any ideas?

-- 
Don DeVoe
ddev@src.umd.edu
From: will@turbo.bio.net (Will Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Using a NEC CDR-72 CD-ROM reader on an SLC
Keywords: CD ROM SCSI NEC HELP
Date: 10 Sep 92 22:42:23 GMT
Organization: GenBank Online Service

SONY and HITACHI are the only drives supported by the sr driver.
It's hopeless to try any other drives.

-- 
Will Nelson
Systems Programmer, IntelliGenetics, Inc.
will@presto.ig.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: lindh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Andrew Lindh)
Subject: Sun-3 Desktop heat problems (was Re: Sun 3/60 problems)
Organization: The University of Hartford
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 04:37:05 GMT
X-Posted-From: skynet.hartford.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


In article <1992Sep09.025840.8715@uhura.neoucom.edu>, wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew) writes:
> Occasionally bizarre behavior is heat related.  Check to be sure
> that the fan is operating normally and that the system air passages
> aren't choked with dust.  I've had several machines brought to me
> for fixing that have been virturally packed solid with dust.
> Cleaning fixed them up; on a couple I've had to replace fans with
> siezed bearings.

We have had heat problems with our 3/75 desktop systems. We would keep
burning out power supplies (well, one part on them anyway). We found
that they were running VERY hot. You will notice that the fan is on the
bottom of the case (same for others too) and this limits the amount
of air it can move. We found that raising the whole system 1/2" to 1"
solved our problems. I think that the 3/75 power supply is too weak
for an 8meg system without good A/C in the room.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Four disks on a Xylogics 451 controller
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:59:59 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1992Sep7.224721.11945@nobeltech.se> ppan@nobeltech.se (Per Andersson) writes:
>I have a 3/280, with three disks on two Xylogics 451 controllers. Now I need to
>connect more disks, and I was wonderring how. I have heard rumours about 
>a driver for four disks per 451, has anybody seen it ? Or can I put another
>451 controller in the 3/280 ?

You don't say what software you're running...  SunOS 3.5 copes just fine
with three disks on a single 450/451 -- we run that way -- and ought to
handle four.  I'd be surprised if they've changed this in 4.whatever, but
have no direct knowledge.

Cabling is a bit of a hassle, because the controller itself can take four
drives but Sun's peculiar cabling scheme only handles two.  You need to
bring the narrow cables for the extra drives out directly from the
controller, bypassing the back panel.
-- 
There is nothing wrong with making      | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim|  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry
From: wbc@aruba.dartmouth.edu (Wayne B. Cripps)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Who fixes phillips monitors?
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:45:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Originator: wbc@aruba.dartmouth.edu


I have a dead monochrome monitor made by phillibe, canada.
where can I get a new power supply?  (please send me e-mail)

	Wayne
	wbc@quimby.dartmouth.edu
-- 

	Wayne Cripps
	wbc@sunapee.DARTMOUTH.EDU
	Bradley Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H. 03755 (603) 646-3198
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com (Bob Ashley)
Subject: Re: Lifetime of Exabyte tape?
Reply-To: ashley@oasis.gtefsd.com
Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 22:08:08 GMT

In article 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.
>

I have tapes that I have been using for almost two years ... average write
delta to a tape is once every four weeks, so I have put at least 20 dumps on
each of those tape ... and those were used tapes when I got them !

We recently had to restore data from our Development Server and the data came
through like a champ ...


Bob - same answer to the question: "How Many Licks Does It Take to Get to the
                                    Tootsie Roll Center of a Tootsie Pop ??"  :-)

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From: winkeler@natinst.com (Keith Winkeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: SBus reads past writes
Date: 8 Sep 1992 19:15:05 -0500
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: eagle.natinst.com

A question for any Sun/SBus hardware gurus/consultants:

Can any reads go past writes out to the SBus? That is, when
a write is posted to a buffer, but before completing, can a
subsequent read be issued and begin and complete before the
write buffer is flushed?

The intuitive answer would be that that scenario is not
possible in any system which maintains coherency.

But has anybody seen such behavior before?

Keith Winkeler
National Instruments
(512)794-5779
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin
From: chaplin@keinstr.uucp (Roger Chaplin)
Subject: Using a NEC CDR-72 CD-ROM reader on an SLC
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Keywords: CD ROM SCSI NEC HELP
Organization: Keithley Instruments, Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:33:44 GMT

I have an NEC CDR-72 CD-ROM reader connected to the SCSI bus on my
Sparcstation SLC (running SunOS 4.1.2).  It is the only device on the
bus and is properly terminated.

I re-built the kernel to include support for the sr0 device.  When I
use the monitor command `probe-scsi' I get this response:
    Target 6
       Unit 0    Removable Read Only Device    NEC    CD-ROM DRIVE

When I reboot the SLC, I get a couple of messages related to the
presence of the CDR-72 on the bus:

    esp0: Target 6 rejects our message 'NO-OP'
    sr0: Unrecongized Vendor 'NEC     ', product 'CD-ROM DRIVE    'sr0 at esp0
    target 6 lun 0

So, I am sure that I have the SCSI address of the CDR-72 set properly.

The drive also has a couple of other configuration switches:
    `For SCSI data bus parity check' (set to the `enabled' position)
    `For arbitration system use'     (set to the `enabled' position)

I have been attempting to test out the operation of the drive by
booting from it (using a Solaris 1.0.1 disc), using the monitor command:
    boot sd(0,6,2)
When I do this, the disc spins and I get the following messages:
    booting from sd(0,6,2)
    Bad magic number in disk label!
    The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.

I have called Sun technical support, and what their engineer told me
basically is, "It's not a Sun drive: if it works, great; if it doesn't,
you're on your own."

Has anybody ever successfully used one of these NEC drives on a Sun
workstation?  Does anybody have any ideas what I need to do to get this
to work?  I would appreciate any help anyone can give.  Responses via
e-mail and I'll post the outcome if anybody wants me to.

Thanks in advance!

-- 
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chaplin@keinstr.uucp / CI$: 76307,3506          / tomorrow of sorrow -
#include <disclaimer.h>                        / it empties today of strength."
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: dmacneil@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Keyboard Lockups - SS2/OW2/OS4.1.2
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:36:15 GMT

Has anybody else experienced a problem with keyboard lockups
on a SunSparc2 when using the screen saver in OpenWindows 2.0
and Sun OS 4.1.2?

This has happened to me a couple of times. When arriving in the
morning I'll find the keyboard locked up. I the have to telnet
to the Sun from a PC and "halt" the system.

Are there particular processes I can kill and then restart rather
than booting the system?

Any help/info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

------------------------------------------------------------------
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St.John's, NF Canada
dmacneil@kean.ucs.mun.ca
From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Using /dev/audio in applications
Date: 5 Sep 92 01:00:51 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>BUT, the application will hang if some other process is using /dev/audio.
>I though the O_NONBLOCK would prevent this. 
>
>Can anyone provide a simple solution. Or point out my error?

Your error is that you assumed Sun's driver would properly handle the
new POSIX O_NONBLOCK flag on an open.

It doesn't; try using O_NDELAY instead (either the BSD or SV version). 
If O_NDELAY is used in an open, and some other process has the device open,
the open should return -1 and set "errno" to EBUSY.

Note that you may want to turn O_NDELAY *off* once the device is opened.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.sun.hardware:4277 comp.sys.sun.admin:6198
From: moudgill@cs.cornell.edu ( Mayan Moudgill)
Subject: How can I get instruction times?
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:21:38 GMT

I'd like to find out how many cycles each operation takes on a SPARCstation.
I'm interested in both integer and floating point performance. I know that 
the floating point performance varies with the FPU used, but ANY numbers
will be welcome.

Thanx!!
:)
Mayan
From: pg@gserv1.dl.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Maxtor XT-8760S
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:30:53 GMT
Reply-To: pg@gserv1.dl.ac.uk
Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, UK

I am trying to install some Maxtor XT-8760S disks
on an IPX running 4.1.2. I am unable to get them to
format successfully - I suspect that its to do with
some of the jumper settings (I've read that these disks
should be hard configured for 52 sectors/track and driven
in hard sector mode).

Can someone throw any light on this problem. Any help would
be much appreciated.

P.Griffiths
Daresbury Laboratory
From: maxim@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Maxim Markevitch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: power stability requiremens for a sparcstation?
Date: 4 Sep 92 23:27:52 GMT
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA


Hi, I am trying to figure out what kind of protection from voltage
spikes should we have for a sparcstation (there will be IPC, IPX,
CDROM, 8mm tape, and 1.3Gb disk). These will be installed in Moscow,
where the power supply is *very* unstable (just like all other things).

Can anyone write me what the input voltage should be? 

Here is the list of questions -- thanks in advance.




	1. Long term voltage jumps 

a) What is the allowed range dU of the value of the incoming voltage
-- whether the computer will be working well if the voltage be, say,
10% lower or higher; 

b) If it is allowed to have the voltage, say, 10% lower sometimes,
then what is the allowed timescale dt of such jumps -- is it ok if the
voltage drops by 10% during, say, 0.01 sec or it must go down more
smoothly -- for computer to continue to work without shutdown?

Like this ________                or like this ________
                  |                                    \
                  |                                      \
                  |______________                          \___________

                                                      |    |
                                                      |-dt-|


                                                   this is the 
                                                   timescale I mean 

-- is this timescale at all important? 

c) when the system is down and the voltage rises from 0 to the normal
value -- at what value the computer begins to reboot? 




	2. Short-term voltage jumps
 
Can a sparcstation withstand a short spike dU in the voltage? If so,
what is the 

a) maximum dU and 

b) minimum dU allowed?

c) what is the critical value of dU*t, where dU is in volts and t is
the timelength of a spike? 




	3. The time required for system to halt


a) What is the time t1 required for the system to shutdown without a
physical damage for the disks or whatever, but with a possible loss of
information?

b) What is the  time t2 required for the server to shutdown without a
loss of any information, files, etc?




-- 

Maxim Markevitch            maxim@head-cfa.harvard.edu
                            +1 617 495 7169 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: lichtin@olsen.ch (Martin Lichtin)
Subject: Re: Booting sparc from serial port
Organization: Olsen & Associates, Zurich, Switzerland
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:11:21 GMT

In article <1992Sep09.023353.7432@uhura.neoucom.edu> wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>I noticed on my IPC that if I yank the keyboard, the console port
>defaults to ttya for both input and output.  It is not necessary to
>remove the frame buffer card.  This behavior may vary depending on
>model and openprom version.
>
>Alternatively, you can go into the eeprom (L1-A while booting up),
>go to new mode.  From new mode, do a printenv to note the current
>settings.  Do a setenv to change the settings as desired.  You can
>setenv the input-device and output-device.  Reboot the system to
>effect the changes.

Here, I would like to ask if it's also feasible to have the console
redirected to /dev/ttya but still be able to use the keyboard and the
monitor?

Martin.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware