Tony,
Do you have any idea who still supplies this item?
Esther King
Technical Support Engineer
Renewal Parts & Services
GE Industrial Systems
1501 Roanoke Blvd.
Salem, VA 24153
Ph: 540-387-8616 DC-278-8616
Fx: 540-387-7016 DC-278-7016
e-mail: esther.king(a)indsys.ge.com
http://www.GEindustrial.com
I'm going to be stripping another round of machines... probably 10 or so.
All 286, 386, or 486 systems. If anyone wants ANY parts from machines of
that range, let me know and I'll see if I come across them.
This goes for drives, cards, chips, cables, screws, anything. About the
only parts I am currently interested in are standard AT power supplies
(the plain box style that can be used in many different cases... any that
are odd shaped I have no use for). Everything else that I will be finding
will either be of no use to me or redundant enough that I will be happy
to share.
Let me know as this is what I will be doing the rest of today, and part
of next week. The end of next week, the pile of unclaimed scrap goes to
the dumpster.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I have bought a Sun DWIS/S card to drop in an old SPARCstation and
hopefully talk to some differential SCSI drives. What I can't
confirm is which kind of differential SCSI the card supports. I'm
guessing that the absense of any information means that it's HVD
(which is not what I need right now).
The SunSolve page on the controller is at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/SCSI/SCSI_DWIS_S.html
...to remove any ambiguity about what card I have coming.
Thanks for any illumination,
-ethan
For those that helped... I found my problem, and solution (sort of).
It seems that the HP JetDirect EX's BootP client doesn't agree with
Sustainable Softwork's DHCP server built into IPNetRouter.
Once I moved my Win2k machine to a private lan, and setup the DHCP server
on it, the JetDirect EX came to life quite nicely. It gets its IP address
and runs very happily doing everything it should do.
I would think that this problem might be fixed in a later firmware
version, but in order to upgrade the firmware, I need a Flash SIMM for
the JDEX. So unless someone on this list has one (or two since I have two
of these things) and wants to give it to me for dirt cheap (free?), then
I can't use these things on my network, and I just killed a day to find
that out.
So thanks for all the help everyone gave me.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
> You mean you can see it in the Chooser, right? But not in JetAdmin on
>the Mac? If you can see it in JetAdmin you should be able to configure
>it right there.
I can see it in the Chooser, but also, I have an HP LaserJet utility for
the Mac, and it gives you 4 types of printer/devices you can look for.
Postscript printers, JetDirect EX devices, DeskJet printers, and
AppleShare hosted printers.
The printer connected to it shows up when I look for Postscript printers,
and I can configure the printer. But the JDEX doesn't show up when I look
in the JetDirect EX device list, so I can't cofigure it directly.
But since I can send a print job and configure the printer connected TO
it, then it looks like the JDEX is at least doing its job.
All this may wind up being abondonded and I may toss these things... if I
understand the info I just found out, I can't upgrade the firmware on
them anyway because they need a flash simm card to do that, and they
don't have it and HP no longer sells them. If this is a problem with
interaction with my DHCP server (which is what it is looking like) then
if I can't upgrade the firmware and fix the bug, then these become pretty
useless to me.
And when you figure for $60 I can buy a brand new NetGear print server,
it doesn't become worth much more effort (and certainly not worth much
more cost)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
> IIRC, once you reset one of these to factory settings, there is a
>default IP address you can telnet to to configure it. Don't remember
>what it is, tho...
> BTW, can you see it from the JetDirect software on the Mac? Or is it
>not seen by JetDirect from both the PC and the Mac?
I had thought it should have a default IP as well, but it doesn't seem
to, rather it has a non IP (0.0.0.0) and waits for BootP info. Kind of a
pain.
I can see the printer attached to it from the LaserJet software on the
Mac when looking for Postscript printers, but when I look to see
JetDirect EX devices in that software, it does not show up. I'm not aware
of any other software for the Mac than the app I have (although there may
be a newer version then the one I have).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
In a message dated 6/13/2003 11:36:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mmonetta(a)dssinc.org writes:
<< Do you need more equipment for the museum?
>>
sure, always looking for more stuff
I was browsing the mailing list archives and noted that the addresses are
not munged or hidden. Was any consensus reached about this?
--
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> Well, can you at least print the test configuration page now?
I could always print a test page as long as I wasn't on the network. Now
I can print a test page while on the private network, but it doesn't have
an IP because there is no BootP server to send data to it.
BUT, I can connect via my Mac on the private network and print a page, so
it looks like the device is physically working just fine, and it just
doesn't like something on my normal network (my guess being the BootP
response from my DHCP server).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I have an Intel N80387SX-16 PLCC chip here.
I know some people have been looking for these, so the first person to
send me an address gets it. Totally free, 100%, not even shipping on this
one. :-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>The flashing _Activity_ LED (middle one of the 3), with the Status LED On
>(Left one of 3, also green) should indicate that the unit is receiving
>
>network activity.
>If it is the _Status_ LED that is flashing, then the unit is either not
>configured, not able to reach the network, or running a self-test.
>
>In its ever-helpful way, the manual says that if the yellow Fault light is
>on, disconnect and reconnect the DC power to the unit. If the Fault LED
>again lights, "then replace the unit." :)
In order of what happens.
I connect the printer to the JDEX, connect power. I get Status Light
blinks slowly. I connect network, Status light goes solid, network blinks
a few times, Status light goes out, Fault light blinks, error page prints
on printer. Status light returns to solid, Act light blinks, Status light
goes out, Fault On, error page... repeat until I disconnect from network.
As soon as I disconnect from the network, Status light starts blinking,
error pages stop. If I disconnect the printer but leave connected to
network, Fault light stays on solid all other lights off.
When I run this on a "private" network, everything works just fine. I can
even print to the printer normally from my Mac (haven't tried the PC).
However, the HP firmware downloader still can't locate the JDEX.
So it looks like it is getting an error due to something on my network.
My guess would be it doesn't like the BootP info my DHCP server is
sending. So I am going to try getting a different BootP server for my
Win2k box, one that also handles downloading of config files, and then
run that on a "private" network. I'm hoping once I give it an IP address,
I can get to it via the HP firmware downloader and upgrade the firmware
and the error problem will go away.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I would like pugrading my vaxstation 4000/90 from 16 Mbyte to 32. To my understanding you have to fill
the slots (8) with always 4 identical memory banks. I have already bought 2 * 4 Mbyte ram banks and
need two more. In case someone has two for selling, please let me know
Frank
PS: I saw a vaxstation 4000/90for > 350 USD at ebay, can't believe such high price
Hello,
I found your message on the internet while doing a search for Craig
Electronics. My parents have a sound system (Model H400) that needs
some parts and I have been trying to locate this company. Do you have
any info on who or where I would call / contact to try to find out if
there are some replacement parts available for this model or if there
are companies to do the repair of this item?
Thanks for any help you can supply.
--
Tambi R. Willis
Assistant to Creative Designer / Tex K. Otto
SYNCHRONIS LLC
1514 17th Street # 202
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-453-4100 v
310-453-4885 fx
tambi(a)synchronis.com
> Chris, do you have a crossover ethernet cable handy? Try using that to
>connect the JetDirect box directly to the NIC on the Win2K box, and see
>if that helps. That way you eliminate any interference for any other
>device on the network.
> Of course if your Win2K box gets a IP address from the DHCP server,
>you'll need to switch it to a static address... But since they'll be
>isolated, it won't matter what address you give it.
One step ahead of you. I just pulled my Win2k machine from the network
and plugged it and the JetDirect directly into their own hub (was easier
to use a spare hub then to crawl under the desk and use a crossover
cable).
Now the error problem has gone away (not too surprised), but the HP
Downloader on the Win2k machine STILL can't see the jetdirect. Next step,
add my Mac to the mix and see if I can see it over AppleTalk.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
The flashing _Activity_ LED (middle one of the 3), with the Status LED On (Left one of 3, also green) should indicate that the unit is receiving network activity.
If it is the _Status_ LED that is flashing, then the unit is either not configured, not able to reach the network, or running a self-test.
In its ever-helpful way, the manual says that if the yellow Fault light is on, disconnect and reconnect the DC power to the unit. If the Fault LED again lights, "then replace the unit." :)
-----Original Message-----
From: chris [mailto:cb@mythtech.net]
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:08 AM
To: Classic Computer
Subject: Re: JetDirect EX print server
<snip>
As soon as I connect the box to the network, it's activity light blinks
for a few seconds, and then the Fault light comes on. If I also have the
box connected to a printer, it dumps out a "Reboot" page to the printer,
and gets stuck cycling like that (Goes to Ok, then fault, prints a page,
repeat until I disconnect from the network).
<snip>
>>From the manual:
<snip>
Thanks!
>Chris, what OS are you using with the JDEX? The manual mentions IP address
>only with UNIX. Run hpnpcfg to create the BOOTP configuration files,
>specifying the IP address. The configuration info is downloaded from BOOTP
>each time the JDEX is powered on.
Right now, no OS because I can't get it on the network without it
erroring. I do have a DHCP server that claims it is giving it an IP, but
I can't tell if the device is actually accepting it.
I do have HP's firmware utility on Win2k, but it can't see the device
(but it also can't see any of my working JetDirect internal servers
unless I tell it what specific IP to look at... its auto discovery
feature doesn't seem to work). I also have HP's LaserJet Utility on a Mac
which also can't see the device.
I'm going to look into the hpnpcfg app you mention above, and see if I
can create a BootP file for it. Maybe my DHCP server isn't giving it what
it wants as a BootP response and it is getting confused. (my DHCP server
doesn't fully do BootP, rather it responds to a BootP request with an IP,
but it can't handle config file downloads, so I might need to run
something that can).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>Anyway. When revamping that place later, I took a bunch of
>em home, obviously. So, I have the manuals for both the
>standard JetDirect (white-ish box), the 1-port EX (brown
>box) and 3-port EX (larger brown box.)
>
>Lemme know which one you need - I dont have the HP numbers
>handy here...
The one I have is marked JetDirect EX, is a white-ish box about the size
of a betamax cassette, and has a single Parallel port on the back with
RJ-45 and BNC ethernet connections.
My guess is, it would be the same one as the 1-port EX brownish one
mention.
>And: yes, keep the TEST button depressed for 12 seconds while
>powering it up, and it SHOULD reset. I said "should", because
>many of the earlier firmware versions were buggy as hell.
I tried for 2, 5, 10, 12, 15, 30, and all sorts of other lengths of time.
Should the status lights change to tell me it is resetting? I can't tell
>from the test page if it has or has not reset (the test pages are the
same no matter what I do, so maybe it is resetting each time and I'm just
seeing the page that is printed with default info).
In any case, it errors when I connect it to my network. Again, one unit I
would think it was broken, but two I tend to think I'm doing something
wrong.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>You are using a bootp server or a DHCP server set to support bootp?
I have a DHCP server running, and its logs indicate that it is responding
to the BootP request and issuing an IP.
>Does the status page show that it's receiving an IP address?
I can't print a status page if I connect to the network. So the only
status page I can print shows no IP address assigned (naturally, since it
isn't on the network yet).
As soon as I connect the box to the network, it's activity light blinks
for a few seconds, and then the Fault light comes on. If I also have the
box connected to a printer, it dumps out a "Reboot" page to the printer,
and gets stuck cycling like that (Goes to Ok, then fault, prints a page,
repeat until I disconnect from the network).
The first one of these, I got a while back from someone who knew nothing
about it, so I assumed it was probably just broken. But the other day I
bought one on ebay for $5 (missing the power supply, which was fine since
I had a power supply already), and it too does the exact same thing. That
kind of makes me think there is nothing wrong with the unit, but rather
something wrong with either the settings, or I just need to upgrade the
firmware. Alas, I can't upgrade the firmware without an IP address
because for some reason the HP Downloader software on my Win2k machine
won't find any of my JetDirect devices until I specify their IP address
(it couldn't find the 3 internal ones I have on the network that work
just fine).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Just grabbed these out of a trash pile here in the hallways of the Yale
School of Med...
- User's Guide, Functions and Macros Guide, Quick Reference, and Getting
Started books for Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS ver 2.4.
- IPC Peripherals MCD-1040 4X 7 disc CD changer library.
I grabbed the books, figuring someone here would want them. As for the
CD changer, does anyone know/have about special drivers for the beastie,
or should work as a standard SCSI CD drive?
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- ICQ# 905818
>I don't have the manual, but I thought you had to hold the
>TEST button down for ten seconds while powering up the
>device.
I've tried a number of different lengths of time in holding the test
button. Its possible that it is in fact resetting, but I see no visual
indication of it, so I can't tell.
If it is resetting, it still isn't taking a BootP assigned IP, and is
erroring out when I connect it to the network. If it was one unit, I
would assume its broken... but two units doing the exact same thing, I
think I am doing something wrong, and I hope a manual may tell me what
that is.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I'm not sure if this is older than 10 years yet, but people on this list
have a library of manuals, so I'm asking anyway.
Does anyone have a manual to an HP JetDirect EX print server device?
Specifically model number J2382.
I'm trying to find out how to default it to factory settings, and how to
get in and change configurations. Holding the TEST button on power up
doesn't seem to do default it (or if it is, it isn't clearing the error
condition, but that might also be because it isn't taking the BootP info
for its IP address).
I have two doing the same thing, and I tend to doubt both are broken, so
I'm guessing that the manual HP has on their site for the EX Plus doesn't
have the right directions for it (not too surprised).
So, anyone have that manual?
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Hello,
I've recently aquired a model 43 Teletype with a paper tape reader/punch,
which makes the unit an ASR43. It looks very much like the one described
here: http://www.vauxelectronics.com/gil/tty/M43.htm
I'm interested in finding a manual and/or any documentation that might
still exist for it. Scans and/or copies would be fine.
Thanks!
--tom
