2 Dec
1998
2 Dec
'98
8:18 a.m.
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, R. Stricklin (kjaeros) wrote:
I'm going to see if anything is happening on
either of the serial ports in
the meanwhile.
Ok, I connected the RS232/RS422 port (which I took to be the primary port)
of the Aviion to a serial port on my NeXTcube and got this:
obelix% tip ttyb9600
connected
NVBATLOW
obelix%
which I take to mean the NVRAM battery is low. On a SPARCstation, this is
a catastrophic-but-repairable problem. This is the only thing I see. There
is no obvious battery inside, although there is a socketed RTC chip and
some sort of socketed Toshiba chip with what appears to be a speed rating
(-15) near it.
I can't seem to even get a hardware monitor (not that I know how to
interrupt it to get one or anything).
What's the prognosis?
ok
r.