SPARCstation 20 with SCSI2SD

[systems_glitch]

> Don't have any spare modules? What happened to the half dozen that I sent
you? :)

In the queue somewhere! They'll likely go to replace the modules I'd stolen
from other machines over the years, as I get around to fixing them.

Also, to anyone buying NVRAMs on eBay, don't expect anything from China to
actually be new NVRAMs. I've bought a bunch to disassemble, in the course
of making repair boards for a number of different NVRAMs/RTCs, and every
single one has been a relabel. All had low battery voltages, on the few
where I actually totally destroyed the encapsulation to examine the
innards, the batteries often carried dates 10+ years old, even though the
outside markings suggested it was a year or two old. Not that fakes/remarks
from China should be a surprise.

Thanks,
Jonathan


On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 5:20 PM Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

>
>
> On 11/26/18 2:08 PM, systems_glitch wrote:
> >
> >
> > I don't have any spare modules to rebuild, so I don't have premade
> > replacements up at the moment. I've been rebuilding them for people
> > when they send in their dead modules, but I'd guess most people here
> > can do the rebuild themselves, time permitting. I wouldn't cut into
> > the encapsulation with a powered tool like a Dremel, unless you're
> > going to wear a face mask. I use a hacksaw with Lenox fine kerf
> > blades. Any blade will do if you're only rebuilding a few NVRAMs.
> >
> >
> Don't have any spare modules? What happened to the half dozen that I
> sent you? :)
>
> alan
>
> P.S. Out of my dozen Sun systems, almost all of them are using new IDPROMs.
>
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