4 Jan
1999
4 Jan
'99
10:02 a.m.
I'm almost positive the WD7000 won't work in
the DN3000, and thus is
unable to use the 780MB disk. It'll work in a DN4000, though. All the
machines that support the WD7000 and are not the DN5500 are SAU7 machines.
The DN5500 is SAU14.
Hmm. Well, it's actually a 3010. Put an OMTI controller
in(forget which
one), and plugged it into a 155MB drive. It recognizes it, but no OS so
nothing happens except for sysboot and sys_test missing errors. But
otherwise it seems OK. Put together most of a 4000 system, just needs the
68020 CPU chip and I think it needs either an FPU(which is optional
anyways) and a PMU(don't remember how many sockets are in there). I might
try using the slower chips from the extra 3010 board, but I'd rather find
the 25MHz chips first. I'm not sure what to do with the extra 3500 or 4000
boards. Guess I'll box 'em up for a while until I get the stuff they need.
Nah. It only looks power hungry. The big 19"
monitor is rated 2A. Wimpy!
Actually I have a fuzzy-pictured 15"(awful big for
a 15" monitor), and it's
rated at 1.9A/200W at 120V.
If you do, I could use one of the single slot ATR cards
and some cabling
so I can make my DN5500 into a router...
Email me privately and we can arrange
something for that... I don't have
any cabling and most of the DR cards are somewhat modified, ranging from
some small jumper wires to one of the ASICs being ZIF socketed.
Um.. that may not actually work. The 3000 and 3500
cases are different;
mostly in the power supply area.
Actually the 3010 and 3500 use the same power
supply. The 3500 has a rather
large straight connector, and the 4000 uses more of a Molex style
connector. One of the web sites listed in the FAQ mentions it, part numbers
for the 3000 and 3500 PS's are the same, although you need to remove the
extension on the RAM mounting plate to fit the 3000 memory modules into a
previous 3500 case. Otherwise it fits perfectly. I just wish they didn't
weigh so much... I'm suprised the table next to me hasn't collapsed! It's
got three CPU's and the 15" monitor on it.
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