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From: jjg@pt.com (John Grana)
Subject: Re: analogue high speed data acquisition (sbus)
Organization: Performance Technologies, Incorporated
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:46:46 GMT


In article <1992Nov10.175403.1609@eng.cam.ac.uk> jpmg@eng.cam.ac.uk (Patrick Gosling) writes:
>It is looking likely that I will shortly be needing to acquire analogue
>data at fairly high bandwidths, preferably onto a sun.  The machine will be
>a SparcStation 10/30, and can either be stacked out with enough memory to
>cope with several seconds of the data, or with a disk that can handle the
>10Mb fast+wide SCSI that the 10/30 supports. 
Not to pick, but the SS10 is fast+narrow (8bit),fast+wide (16bit) would
be 20Mb.

Anyways I have heard of a board from Nextech that performs A/D on SBus.
In the UK, call Dean Microsystems at 0344 727269. Ask for Guy Hunter.

Good luck

John Grana

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From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: An Xy450/Xy451 in a Sun4/110
Date: 5 Nov 92 20:03:43 GMT
Organization: cic

pen@lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson) writes:

>Is it possible to install a Xy450/Xy451 (with a Multibus-VMEbus adapter)
>in a Sun4/110? I just tried to insert a Xy451 that used to sit in a
>Sun4/200, but all I got was panic: Data fault etc...

>How should the dip switches be set if one wants to install such
>a card into a Sun4/110?

>The machine is running SunOS 4.1.1

There is a very simple explanation: The 4/110 is the only Sun
VMEbus machine that does not support VMEbus DMA. All VMEbus
disk controllers Sun used do DMA, as one would expect.

Result: you can only attach SCSI disks to your 4/110.
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From: lakin@Csli.stanford.edu (Fred Lakin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: need help on interaction between xmodmap and different Type 4 kbds
Date: 5 Nov 92 05:45:53 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Organization: Stanford University CSLI

Below find an .xmodmaprc file that I have used for 2 1/2 yrs to switch
Caps_Lock with Meta and Alt_L with Control. That kbd recently bit the
dust and with the one I am borrowing, also a type 4, xmodmap now gives
me this error:

   bad keysym target keysym 'Alt_L', out of range

What's going on?

Is there a way to fix my re-maping code so it will work again?

Thanks very much for any help,
-f
Please CC any replies to lakin@csli.stanford.edu



DETAILS

0. Sparc1+ running 4.1 and openwin 2.0

1. File below works with previous kbd: 
   Type 4, FT201, part no 320-1005-02 Rev A
        M/N E03470014, M/O 056156-05

2. File below does *not* work with borrowed kbd:
   Type 4, FT101, part no 320-1005-01 Rev B
        M/N E03470051, M/O 033008-03
        36-09-88-C

3. If I comment out the two lines marked 
   "**** bad keysum target problem", then xmodmaprc
   no longer complains; also it has no effect (ie meta
   and caps_lock are *not* switched)

4. ---------  file .xmodmaprc-switchkeys ------------------
! File: switchkeys    courtesy Ridge McGhee Sept 26th 1990
! Goal: Exchange semantics of Caps_Lock with Meta_L
!       Exchange semantics of Control with Alt_L
! Usage: xmodmap switchkeys
! Notes: Alternate invocations of switchkeys will switch and unswitch keys
!        An implicit assumption is that mod1 is used for Meta_L and Meta_R

! clear any modifier map entries involving Caps_Lock, Meta_L, Control, Alt_L
clear lock
clear control
clear mod1

! exchange semantics
keysym Caps_Lock = Meta_L
keysym Meta_L = Caps_Lock
keysym Control_L = Alt_L         ! **** bad keysum target problem 
keysym Alt_L = Control_L         ! **** bad keysum target problem 

! restore modifier map
add lock = Caps_Lock
add control = Control_L
add mod1 = Meta_L Meta_R
From: censjg@caledonias3.caledonia.hw.ac.uk (Simon Greaves)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Wanted: Sun 3/60 (headless ?) UK
Date: 13 Nov 92 13:02:53 GMT
Followup-To: nothing
Organization: Hairyold-Twat University

I'm trying to get my hands on a Sun box to use at home. I'm thinking of a Sun 3/60 or something similar I suppose.

I have little spare cash, but I do have a 19" Sony colour monitor (like the ones Sun supply with SS-1's) in good condition that I am prepared to swap/trade. I'm looking for a Sun 3/60 with loads of RAM, enough disk to get me started and either a 19" mono monitor, or a colour framebuffer (I have another colour monitor). Tape would be nice too. It doesn't have to look nice, but must work.

I also have a large read/write optical disk drive that can be persuaded to work with Suns, I would readily part with this too..

I want this stuff to run X11 and other odds & ends so I can do some hacking at home, I'm open to offers & (polite) suggestions

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From: robinson@porter.geo.brown.edu (Darrin Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: QUESTION: Does anyone have Sun SPARC SPEC ratings
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:07:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Brown University, Providence RI 02912
NNTP-Posting-Host: stout.geo.brown.edu

Does anyone have Sun SPARC SPEC ratings?  I'm trying to compare them to
the (today released) Alpha ratings...

Thanks!
Darrins
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin
From: bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern)
Subject: Re: What is the best working temperature for workstations?
Originator: bern@kleopatra
Organization: Theor. CS, FB IV / CS, Univ. of Trier, Germany (Internet TI.Uni-Trier.DE)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:35:53 GMT

Print out and wear ALWAYS in your Pocket:

Temperature Conversion from Celsius (=Centigrade) to ...

... Kelvin: t+273.15
... Fahrenheit: 9*t/5+32
... Rankine (=Reaumur?): 9*t/5+491.69

Temperature Conversion from Fahrenheit to ...

... Kelvin: 5*(t-32)/9+273.15
... Celsius (=Centigrade): 5*(t-32)/9
... Rankine (=Reaumur?): t+459.69
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From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SPARCClassic (and other Sun announcments)
Date: 12 Nov 92 07:16:10 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

>With that said, I think Sun's claims that the system is faster/better
>than a PC are true,

Better?  Possibly (although, at some point, if you like Solaris 2.x,
"the SPARCclassic runs Solaris 2.1 and the PC doesn't" isn't going to be
usable against the PC...).

Faster?  Dunno.  Any idea what the SPECint92 and SPECfp92 numbers for a
66 MHz DX2 486 box are?

>                 SPARCclassic          SS2 
>
>SPECint92        26.4                  21.8
>SPECfp92         21.0                  22.8
>MIPS             59.1                  28.5

Hmm.  One more reason to call it "Meaningless Indicator of Processor
Speed"?  I'm curious what those "MIPS" numbers are, given how much they
differ when the SPEC numbers don't differ nearly so much - Dhrystone
MIPS?

>They indicated that the microSPARC actually costs hundreds of dollars less than
>a comprable 486 cpu and it has various other stuff in it (sbus logic? - memory
>hazy here).

The TMS390S10 has the memory controller and SBus interface on the chip. 
There's another chip with, I think, parallel, SCSI, and LANCE Ethernet
interfaces on it, and yet another chip with 2 Z8530's, other J. Random
8-bit peripherals, counter-timers, and other goop on it.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: morandel@orchidee.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Heinz Morandell)
Subject: CD-ROM on SS2
Originator: morandel@orchidee
Organization: Informatik, Uni Stuttgart, Germany
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:05:09 GMT


I would like to know what product it is. I think it's a SONY, but I`m not shure.
Is it possible to transfer Audio-Data from the CD to the Host ( and maybe back to
the Output-Jack). On an IRIS this works.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: Monty Solomon <monty%roscom@think.com>
Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
Organization: Proponent
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 07:58:28 GMT

In article <1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu> ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah)  
writes:
> harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart) writes:
> 
> >Just caught the official announcement this morning. $3995 for
> >a 15 inch color, 200MB SPARC (Tsunami).
> 
> The price is $4k "in qtys of 12+".  Does that mean the list price
> is $4.5k or so?
> 
> I don't like the 15" color screen -- would have far preferred a bigger
> mono screen.  I do nothing with colour :-(
> Is there a 17+" mono option to replace the 15"?  (Is the ELC still
> what it used to be?)
> 
> Is Solaris 2 now standard with all these systems?

The SPARCclassic single-quantity price is $4,295.

The SPARCstation LX (424 MB disk; 16 MB RAM; 16-inch color monitor; GXplus  
accelerator; CD-quality audio; ISDN) is $7,995.

Solaris 2.1 is bundled with both machines.

Both systems are rated 59.1 MIPS, 26.4 SPECint92, and 21.0 SPECfp92.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: pen@lysator.liu.se (Peter Eriksson)
Subject: Sun VMEbus backplanes
Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 21:32:40 GMT

We might be getting some Sun3/200 CPUs with RAM that we would like
to put together into a running system. To do that one needs some
VMEbus backplane to install them into.. So now to my question:

Are there any information available about how to create such a backplane
oneself (or does anyone have any spare ones :-), ie problems to look out
for etc.

/Peter

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From: tal@plts.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: How does the new 2000+MIP Sun server compare against a Cray/XMP?
Date: 13 Nov 1992 09:46:24 -0500
Organization: none
NNTP-Posting-Host: milk.warren.mentorg.com

Another difference is that you can buy a Cray today.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: mayer@gmd.de (Hans Mayer)
Subject: Re: Format Info for DEC DSP3105
Keywords: format
Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 09:51:40 GMT

In <49366@shamash.cdc.com> udk@awd.cdc.com (Uday D. Kabe) writes:

>In article <1992Nov4.140529.27152@newshost.lanl.gov>, slf@beta.lanl.gov (Stuart Flicker) writes:
>|> I need a usable format.dat entry for a DEC DSP3105 3.5" 1 gigabyte
>|> disk drive.  Please mail to slf@beta.lanl.gov. 
>|> 
>|> Thank-you.
>|> Stuart Flicker
>|> LANL

>ME TOO, Please.  Mail to udk@awd.cdc.com

>Thanx in advance.

>-- 
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>INET: udk@awd.cdc.com
>MAIL: 8757 Hawthorne Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55347-1715
>+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Ok, this is not a format.dat entry but it is what I used to define disk type
DSP3105 on my sun:
pcyl: 2570, psec: 58, dcyl: 2568, dsec: 57, scyl: 2, heads: 14, rpm: 5363.
It seems to work fine :) ...at least didn't the machine crash due to the
DEC disk :)
Use at your own risk :)

-Hans

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: vellani@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Thomas J. Vellani F2C x5714)
Subject: Second Ethernet Interface for SS10
Keywords: ethernet aui network
Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:22:27 GMT

	Are there any third party S-Bus Ethernet cards for
SS10s that has either an AUI or 10base2 (THIN) port ? Sun's
Fast SCSI/Ethernet card for SS10 ( part # X1053A) has only a
10Base-T port. Too bad that X1054A that has both AUI and 
10Base-T, would only work in 600MP Servers.

	I just need to establish a subnet at minimum cost, to
connect a couple of Suns and VME chasis. It is not a problem
at all with SS2s since the second card has AUI/THIN port.

	I had to buy AUDIO/AUI splitter cables for the primary
interface. Now just to have a small subnet I will have to buy
the 10Base-T to AUI converter for about $200. I have several
Suns like this and it would be much cheaper and easier if
I could get a SS10 S-Bus card that has an AUI or THINNET port.

	I would appreciate any info by e-mail.

	Thanks

Tom Vellani
vellani@aplsun.jhuapl.edu
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From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.misc
Subject: Re: SparcStation 10 and multiprocessing
Keywords: Sparc10 Multiprocessing
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:02:16 GMT
Organization: cic

montjoy@thor.ece.uc.edu (Robert Montjoy) writes:

>If you buy a Multi-processor Sparc 10 you will have to run 
>SunOS 5.0(Solaris 2.0). 

You will have to run SunOS 5.1 (Solaris 2.1).
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From: toomajia@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Mark Toomajian)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:48:35 GMT
Subject: Help Again! HP LJIIP on Sparc2
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware

I posted the item below yesterday.  I've appended an error message found in the
spooling directory.  

Does anyone know what "psif: printer sync problem [3] (%%[ pagecount: 1, 623 2 ]%%"
means and possibly how to fix it?

>I have an HP LaserJet IIP with 4MB of RAM and an HP PostScript Cartridge, hooked up
>to the serial port on a Sparc2.  I'm able to print text files, using the enscript
>command from the Sun Transcript software. I can also print small PostScript files from
>Cadence Artist with no problem. I'm unable to print large CAD files, say 200KB and up
>because the printing daemon dies.  When I do an lpq,  I get an error that the printer
>has not responded for over 1 minute and may need attention.  I tried restarting the 
	mark_toomajian@sj.hp.com
>
>Thanks in advance.


sanjay# cat errsa00517
psif: abpcad:ebeam ma start - Thu Nov  5 09:45:10 1992
ppsif: printer sync problem [2] (%%[ pagecount: 1, 623 1 ]%%
)
psif: printer sync problem [3] (%%[ pagecount: 1, 623 2 ]%%
)
psif: error writing to printerNo such device or address
psif: unexpected EOF from printer (listening)!
psif: end - Thu Nov  5 09:47:17 1992
 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: abenson@mtu.edu (Andrew Benson)
Subject: Need format.dat for Maxtor LXT-200S
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:47:52 GMT
X-Posted-From: pacemaker.cts.mtu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

I need to get a format.dat entry for a Maxtor LXT-200S.
Actually, I have two of them.  Previously, their labels
said:

sd0: <Maxtor LXT-200S cyl 1398 alt 2 hd 7 sec 40>
sd0: <Maxtor LXT-200S cyl 1300 alt 2 hd 7 sec 43>

Are these actually supposed to be different?
They were working before, but whenever I try to format,
I get "format failed" almost immediately.

Thanks.

 - Andrew. (drew@mtu.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: mfr@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE. (Michael Froehlich)
Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
Reply-To: mfr@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE.
Organization: University of Bremen, Germany
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:52:46 GMT

Sorry, if you read my informations for the 2^5th time, but there are still no
replies in >MY< newsreader at this time.

In article 1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu, ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
>harthc@ntmtv.UUCP (Howard Hart) writes:
>
>>Just caught the official announcement this morning. $3995 for
>>a 15 inch color, 200MB SPARC (Tsunami). Did I just hear
>>a collective heart attack at Intel and Microsoft?
>
>I'm a bit puzzled (only read wall street jnl so far).
>
>The price is $4k "in qtys of 12+".  Does that mean the list price
>is $4.5k or so?  What would the academic price be?  ($4k with 40% off
>would be quite attractive at $2400).

There is no "academic price" :-(.  We have to pay the same price as everyone.

>
>I don't like the 15" color screen ...

The 100 "dots per inch" is the same as a 17" ELC because of the new 
SVGA-resolution: 1024x768 instead of 1152x900 pixel

>...-- would have far preferred a bigger
>mono screen.  I do nothing with colour :-(
>Is there a 17+" mono option to replace the 15"?  

There is 19" grayscale (1152x900), 16" midrange color (1024x768/1152x900), 
16" color (1152x900/1280x1024) and 19" color (1152x900/1280x1024) also.

>(Is the ELC still
>what it used to be?)

Yes, with a new price published on Friday.

>
>Is Solaris 2 now standard with all these systems?
>

Yes, Solaris 2.1 is neccessary (also announced yesterday)

>        -ans.
>-- 
>Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu

Michael


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From: craven@cg.emr.ca (Jim Craven)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: SBus Fast SCSI-2 Card Question...
Date: 5 Nov 92 13:41:37 GMT
Reply-To: craven@cg.emr.ca
Organization: Dept. of Energy, Mines & Resources, Canada

I am looking into getting the Fast SCSI-2 card, but I have some
conflicting info on whether system requirements include SunOS4.1.3?
Will it work, perhaps only at 5 MB/s, with 4.1.2?  Can someone set me
straight on this?  Any experiences with this card would also be
appreciated.

Thanks for any help,

Jim
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From: srb@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Personal Disaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Sun 386i hardware manual???
Date: 11 Nov 92 13:04:53 GMT
Organization: University of Brighton, UK

Hi, I have a SUN 386i which I purchased from an electronics supplier, the only
problem is that there are 3 chips missing from the motherboard, these are the
size of a 386 processor, but I am not sure what they are...I think they are
the 386 processor, a maths co-pro and MMU but I am not certain.  If anyone out
there could give me the details of these chips, and an idea where I might be
able to obtain them cheaply, I would be very grateful.  Alternatively if
anyone knows where to get the hardware manual for it I could do it myself.

Simon.
From: shj@ultra.com (Steve Jay {Ultra Unix SW Mgr})
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:30:55 GMT
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies

astewart@megatek.com (Al Stewart) writes:

>Wait a minute! WHAT! I must be misunderstanding something here. What
>happened to binary compatibility? I'm not committed to Solaris 2 (yet).
>One of the reasons I want a SUN is to have the option of 4.1.x or
>try the new Solaris 2.x. Someone please explain/verify. 
>The LX won't run 4.1.x (solaris 1.0)?

Correct.  The Classic, LX, and server 2000 all require Solaris 2.1.
They cannot run 4.1.x.

The new machines are "binary compatible" for application programs, not
the kernel.  Sun is not going to teach the 4.1.x kernel how to run on
the new machines.  I suspect this will be true for all machines introduced
by Sun from now on.

If you want to buy a new Sun which runs 4.1.x, you'll have to buy one
of the older models (IPX, IPC, 600MP, etc.).  That's why those models
will remain on the Sun price list for at least another year.


Steve Jay
shj@ultra.com  ...ames!ultra!shj
Ultra Network Technologies / 101 Dagget Drive / San Jose, CA 95134 / USA
(408) 922-0100 x130	"Home of the 1 Gigabit/Second network"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.sys.sun.admin
From: ghica@fig.citib.com (Renato Ghica)
Subject: Re: What is the best working temperature for workstations?
Originator: ghica@duck
Organization: Citibank IBISM
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:50:13 GMT


In article <1992Nov11.093151.29752@wsdnws.waseda.ac.jp>, ytsuji@cfi.waseda.ac.jp ("Y.Tsuji") writes:
|> 
|> The best temperature for workstations,..., well, below 50C absolutely,
|> but below 35 degrees Centigrade is the manufacturers recommendation. There-
|> fore insert a thermometer that records the maximum temperature inside the
|> chassis and see how the environment affects it. I always wonder why
|> people don't feed cold air into computer devices rather than cool the
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> room. I usually put that kind of thermometer on the hottest chip whenever
|> I think of getting rid of a fan.
|> 
|> Dr Tsuji
|> -- 
|> 				
|> 				ytsuji@cfi.waseda.ac.jp


Hmm. Maybe because the resulting condensation would cause a short-circuit?
-- 

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From: dwf@doug.Eng.Sun.COM (Douglas W. Forehand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: Re: Who makes differential SCSI adapters for sbus ?
Date: 10 Nov 1992 22:35:01 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dwf@doug.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: doug


In article 15090@pt.com, dlt@pt.com (Don Turrell) writes:
>
>Unless my information is out of date, I believe we are the only supplier
>of differential SBus SCSI Adapter modules at this time.
> 
>Don Turrell
>Performance Technologies, Inc.

Your information is out of date.  :)

Sun offers a differential SCSI SBus card that also has buffered ethernet
on it as well. We sell it along with the 10Mbyte/sec 2.1G disks.

Ask for part# x1052A

-Doug