29 Sep
2001
29 Sep
'01
5:38 a.m.
At 09:21 AM 9/29/01 -0500, Paul Thompson wrote:
Hans pointed out that not just any MCA card will do; it has to be
specifically for RS6k.
Recent versions of AIX will run, with 64MB and a
compatible (or
non-existent) framebuffer.
uh oh. The machine has 16MB; if I completely replace the SIMMs
with the ones I have (assuming they fit this beast) then it will
have 32MB.
2) What
exactly is this "ethernet riser card"? Do I have
a network-less system?
There's probably an ethernet chip on the main board
which just needs the
AUI/BNC logic on the riser card added to work. You should be able to get
a Microchannel enet card for cheap watching on ebay if you can't find the
riser. The IBM sales manual might help, plug in the part
numbers for your
machines:
http://www2.ibmlink.ibm.com/cgi-bin/master?xh=jN7O$Vn32jOgss0USenGnN9332&am…
quest=usa.salesmanual&parms=&xhi=usa%2emain&xfr=N
Thanks!
carlos.
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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org