We've got a Sun 4/330 which has bit 6 stuck high in every character
output on the console. I don't suppose anyone has schematics for these
boards or know how the serial hardware works, do they?
The machine looks to be booting OK, so it appears address & data buses
are fine - but at the point where characters must be loaded into a
parallel register and converted to serial for output it's falling
over...
I suspect the machine's hard-wired to use only serial port A as console,
but either way I couldn't get hold of the right cable to see if the
other three serial ports are OK (the latter three being 9-pin male,
whilst port A is 25 pin male)
I can't think of any line settings, faulty voltage rails etc. that'd
cause bit 6 to be stuck high, so I'm assuming it's a hardware fault...
cheers
Jules