No luck on the keys I'm sure... the front keyswitch is in 'normal' mode, and the back one is unlocked. About the keyboard: I have _no_ idea what keyboard went with it, is there anything i need to look for in a keyboard for it? I have a pair of 3button IBM PS/2 style mice laying around, will those work? I'm definately gonna go back tomorrow to get it. Thanks for the info. -- Pat On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Doc wrote:

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Doc wrote: Hmm, part # 1391401, like the one I have hooked up to this NCD Xterm I'm using for email ;-} Considering _EVERYTHING_ I've gotten there has has an OS, (and all of the previous user's data), I'll make sure I do that. Oh yeah, how do I log in, and how do I make a tape? Never used AIX before, but I got a bunch of AIX manuals (including a manual for the system) in a box of books I grabbed there today.

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Bill Pechter wrote: You *do* know that the PC version is different from the RS/6000 version, right? The PC version doesn't have a speaker in the bottom. Just the slots for a speaker. I have several hundred PS/2 and RS/6000 keyboards. Peace... Sridhar

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Doc wrote: Yeah. A boot floppy set. Peace... Sridhar

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Doc wrote: No CD drive of course. As far as SCSI cd-drives, I have a drive from a Sun SS5, a PowerMAC 5260, and a HP SureStore 2x6 CD-R drive I can try. Any suggestions on which one to try first? All 1" SCSI drives. I'm gonna hook that unhooked one up to my PC to try and see at least how big it is.. I tried hooking a serial terminal up to it, and booting w/o the framebuffer card (or KB or mouse), but no luck. I was using 9600baud, 1 stop bit, no parity, should I try something else? Any ideas on what kind of monitor I could interface to it? Oh yea, can you send me the pinout for that front keyswitch before I accidentally kill it trying to drill out the pins? Thanks. (Also any guidelines for how to drill out the pins would be nice.) -- Pat

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote: The SS5 drive. Something that does 512byte sectors. Nice. All the 530s and 2 of the 550s I've seen had full-height 5.25 drives. Noisy & expensive to spin. Service mode. You'll have to whack that lock before you can do much of anything. Your terminal settings are right. I've used everything from a 6091-19 to an Idek Iiyama to an HP 20" (98754A). Sync-on-green RGB, fixed frequency. There should be a paper label on the adapter's bulkhead bracket with something like "1-1" or "1-4" on it. Look it up in the MicroChannel Devices pdf at http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/hardware_docs/ That ought to give you sync & refresh rates. IBM cables for that 3W3 are rare as hell. Yes, Sridhar, I was sure you had several. A DEC display cable will work if you swap Red for Blue at the BNC end. I'll have to go find an ohmmeter - my lovely SO used it to see if a flea-market lamp was getting fire at the socket. She thought mV meant megavolts.... Take the lock barrel out of the cabinet. If you're careful about how you clamp it, it'll be more solid in the vise if you leave the lock barrel in its bracket. Take the LED's PCB off. You want to drill a 4mm hole into the face of the lock, just "above" the key slot. If you look closely into the slot, you can see the brass tumbler pins. The goal is to destroy them. Should you be apprehended, any knowledge of you or your mission will be denied. Doc

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote: I think they're set on delayed spin-up. They don't "come on" till the controller signals them. Most PC controllers expect the disk to spin on powerup. 'wired Ah. Service mode != Secure mode You need to be in the Service position. And did you physically pull the graphics adapter? 522 says /etc/inittab is incorrect, or that the configuration manager has been invoked with conflicting options. Did you change modes during boot? For the list of 3-digit codes, go here: http://www.austin.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixprob/msgdnref/toc.htm Nice graphics card. An XGA card won't work. Back to the dumb terminal idea, till you find a cable & a display. Fun, huh? Did I mention that every RS/6000 I've ever owned required a token blood sacrifice (MY blood, not a chicken) before it would operate properly? Doc

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Paul Thompson wrote: I totally agree. I think I said yesterday that they have huge personality. I actually considered adding " and huge personality disorders", but I didn't want to scare Pat away from the trap. MuuaaHaaHaaHaaHaaaaa Doc

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Doc wrote: That's what I figured. It's in service mode. I checked it using 'secure' mode and then changed it to service mode. Oops It should be a 552. I'm starting to wonder if I'm slightly dislexic. "The ipl_varyon command filed with a return code not equal to 4,7,8, or 9 (ODM or malloc failure)." I've already cut my finger playing with it ;) -- Pat

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote: TeeHee! Nope. Live chickens are sort of hard to find in Austin. Easier just to bleed a little. Considering that most of the chickens in this area are bred for fighting instead of eating, I'd probably bleed a little anyhow. ;^) Doc

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote: Sridhar says a bootable floppy set will get you in. I'll image a set & send them to you. Probably this weekend before I find them. Doc