18 Oct
2000
18 Oct
'00
5:42 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 06:42:50AM -0700, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'm really beginning to hate VAXBI. Yes, the cards are easy to install, easy
to configure but the physical interface is suboptimal. Just touching them
seems to throw them of the whack!
Oh well, I'll try to find the docs anyway, I also have some other VAXBI docs
as well.
--
Jarkko Teppo
jate(a)uwasa.fi
--- Jarkko Hermanni Teppo <jate(a)uwasa.fi> wrote:
I *think* I have the docs, I'll try to scan them and either post a few
scans (pointers to scans, that is:) or explain it otherwise. I really don't
remember how they connect.
insert cables
Ah! Here's the crux of my question... *which* connector of the appropriate
slot gets the cable? It's easy for a KDB50 - it's all of them. Seriously, that's the way it probably should
be done. The machine I have is
suffering from some weird stuff, it seems KDB is faulty. If anyone wants to
take a look I have some EBUCA logs at
http://www.tec.puv.fi/~s99137/kuvat/vax_logs/
I had a glance at them. Your KDB50 isn't showing up at all. How do the
lights on the edge of the card go during power on/reset? You should, IIRC,
see one amber light per card after a somewhat lengthy delay (perhaps it's
only on the primary card) Also, the red edge LEDs should strobe when all is
well. I know my KDB50 has always been flaky, even when we bought the 8200,
used in 1989, for $13,000. What always seems to work is reseating the cards
in the VAXBI blackplane. When it's acting up, it's obvious - the lights
don't
look right.