14 Sep
2020
14 Sep
'20
6:12 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:35:50PM +0200, Michael Engel wrote:
Before I start to disassemble and test the machines, I would be interested
to hear about specific problems you might have experienced bringing up one
of these two machines, preferably those on the unexpected side.
I recently worked on getting a Xerox Star running.
https://lists.vcfed.org/pipermail/vcf-midatlantic/2020-August/018468.html
Others finished getting it running last weekend.
If it has a Quantum Q2040 the heads will likely be glued in place by
a deteriorating rubber stop. The page above has link to how I delt with it
to recover the drive contents. Some also have dry bearings. We decided to
use a drive emulator for now using the Darkstar Viewpoint disk image.
Also check the voltage drop on the +5.2 under load discussed in the page
linked to.
Another thing that is also missing is the mouse pad
for the three button
optical Xerox mouse. Is it possible that an optical mouse pad for Sun/SGI
machines is compatible?
You can print one
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/devices/xerox-mousepad/index.html