test-drb July 2001

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Sparcserver 490 (was: getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

I thought it was 4.0.3, but it may be 4.0.2.. -Dave McGuire On July 9, Sridhar Ayengar wrote: > > And 4.0.2 was the last for Roadrunners, right? > > Peace... Sridhar > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Dave McGuire wrote: > > > On July 9, jkunz(a)unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote: > > > > For SunOS, I'd suggest 4.1.4. > > > I thought 4.1.3 was the end of the flagstaff? Or was that Sun3 only? > > > > 4.1.1_U1 was the last for the Sun3 > > 4.1.4_U1 was the last for SPARC > > > > -Dave McGuire > >

23 years, 5 months

Sparcserver 490 (was: getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 9, jkunz(a)unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote: > > For SunOS, I'd suggest 4.1.4. > I thought 4.1.3 was the end of the flagstaff? Or was that Sun3 only? 4.1.1_U1 was the last for the Sun3 4.1.4_U1 was the last for SPARC -Dave McGuire

23 years, 5 months

getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Tom Owad <owad(a)applefritter.com> wrote: > What's the proper way of removing cards from a Sparcserver 470? I > thought you just pushed out on those plastic tabs and the card would > disconnect and could then be pulled out. Undo the two hex-head screws at the narrow edges of the card's back plate, then push on the plastic tabs (which are card lifters). Just like any other VME Sun. I'm thinking you want to push the tabs away from the center of the card, but it's been a while. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 5 months

Sparcserver 490 (was: getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 9, Frank McConnell wrote: > though. The one I used had another similarly-styled deskside pedestal > housing a couple of IPI disk drives. There's also a SCSI chassis of the same form factor. -Dave McGuire

23 years, 5 months

Sparcserver 490 (was: getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

More correctly, a 4/400 processor in an 80-series rackmount chassis is a 4/480. -Dave McGuire On July 9, Sridhar Ayengar wrote: > > I think the rackmount version of the 4/470 was called the 4/480. > > Peace... Sridhar > > On 9 Jul 2001, Frank McConnell wrote: > > > Sridhar Ayengar <vance(a)ikickass.org> wrote: > > > I hope you meant 30" wide rather than 30' wide. Anyone know how big a > > > 4/470 is? I am going to be getting a 4/670-714 soon. > > > > 4/470 is a wide deskside pedestal housing VME chassis, power supply, > > and a couple 5.25" full-height bays. At least the one I used to use > > was; I can imagine the guts being repackaged to fit in a 19" rack > > though. The one I used had another similarly-styled deskside pedestal > > housing a couple of IPI disk drives. > > > > -Frank McConnell > >

23 years, 5 months

Sparcserver 490 (was: getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470)

by fmc＠reanimators.org

Sridhar Ayengar <vance(a)ikickass.org> wrote: > I hope you meant 30" wide rather than 30' wide. Anyone know how big a > 4/470 is? I am going to be getting a 4/670-714 soon. 4/470 is a wide deskside pedestal housing VME chassis, power supply, and a couple 5.25" full-height bays. At least the one I used to use was; I can imagine the guts being repackaged to fit in a 19" rack though. The one I used had another similarly-styled deskside pedestal housing a couple of IPI disk drives. -Frank McConnell

23 years, 5 months

Sparcserver 490 (was: getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470)

by mcguire＠neurotica.com

On July 9, Sridhar Ayengar wrote: > I hope you meant 30" wide rather than 30' wide. Anyone know how big a > 4/470 is? I am going to be getting a 4/670-714 soon. 4/670-714? I've never seen the "-714" nomenclature before. Might want to double-check that. Sun VME chassis Beige series x/x10: very narrow deskside or desktop box, 3 slot 9U VME x/x50: narrow deskside box, 6 slot 9U VME x/x60: deskside rollaround chassis, 12 slot 9U VME x/x80: rackmount cube chassis, 12 slot 9U VME, roughly 2'x2'x2', 2x 5.25: FH drive bays Purple series x/x30: narrow deskside box, 3 slot 9U VME, 2 slot 6U VME, two memory slots, two 5.25" FH drive bays x/x70: wide deskside box, 12 slot 9U VME, 4x 5.25" FH drive bays x/x90: tall rack, 16 slot 9U VME CPUs that work in these chassis M68K: 3/50, 3/60, 3/100, 3/110*, 3/200, 3/400 SPARC: 4/100, 4/200, 4/300, 4/400, 4/600 * = departure from standard numbering scheme -Dave McGuire

23 years, 5 months

VMS Timeline and more

by pechter＠ureach.com

---- On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Zane H. Healy (healyzh(a)aracnet.com) wrote: > I was just poking around on the net, killing some time while watching > something I've got running at work, so I decided to see what I could dig > up > on VMS. Anyway I just found a *very* interesting page. > > http://www.danielcurran.com/vms/vms_hist.html > > It has release dates and major feature changes from V1 - V7.2. BTW, > for > those that don't know V7.3 was released a couple months ago. Anyway > it's > an interesting page. > > It looks like http://www.danielcurran.com/vms/ might be worth looking > through also. Such as http://www.danielcurran.com/vms/vms_hw.html > which > lists minimum OS versions for the various systems. > > Anyway I don't know who dug all this info up and created these pages, > but > they look to have a bunch of info I've been looking for, for a long > time. > > Zane > -- > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > | | Classic Computer Collector | Are you sure they're correct... I thought VAX/VMS had edt in v2.0 or 2.2 at the latest. Is he thinking of the port of EDT to native mode? I thought EVE TPU stuff came out in 3.x... Bill -- Bill Pechter Systems Administrator

23 years, 5 months

Snappy MacTV

by mikeford＠socal.rr.com

>Bad solder joint on the crt or power supply. > >JAG >>The display exhibits multiple problems; >> A nasty moire type pattern >> Crackling, shorting type sounds >> Display collapses with each crack, which occur several per second. >> >>So far I have booted the unit a couple times to be sure it wasn't some >>temporary condition, and tonight I swapped out the analog board with no >>change. >> >>Any ideas? I am thinking maybe the tube is hosed, but I am unfamiliar with >>this type of failure. Fortunately I have no shortage of 57x donor machines, >>but I don't want to swap the tube if it isn't a likely fix. It sure feels, smells more like a short than an open, but I will take another look. Plus I did swap the entire analog board including the tin can on the back of the CRT. What I may do next is pop off the back and power the unit up in a dark room tonight. BTW what do you mean exactly by bad solder joint on the CRT? *** update I took off the back and booted the system in a dark room just now, and the light show is all from the inside of the neck of the CRT. With the power off I don't "see" any damaged areas, but it sure was active with the power on, flashes, glowing areas that looked almost like embers, very sci fi. This must mean the CRT is toast right? or could something else cause this?(given the whole analog board was swapped out with no change).

23 years, 5 months

getting cards out of a Sparcserver 470

by owad＠applefritter.com

What's the proper way of removing cards from a Sparcserver 470? I thought you just pushed out on those plastic tabs and the card would disconnect and could then be pulled out. They're not budging and I even broke one of those plastic tabs trying to get them out. Am I doing something wrong? Any other way to get the things out of there? Tom Applefritter www.applefritter.com

23 years, 5 months

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