[SunRescue] SPARCstation 330 questions...

[Gregory Leblanc]

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend anybody.  I'm just trying to get myself
aquatinted with some more hardware, so that maybe I can get rid of wintel.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael C. Vergallen [mailto:mvergall at double-barrel.be]
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 7:25 AM
> To: Sun Rescue List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] SPARCstation 330 questions...
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 28 May 1999, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 
> > Well, I'm not getting any responses on the SunHelp list, I 
> thought maybe you
> > guys would know.  And this really is rescue related, I want 
> to rescue this
> > machine to that I can use it!  :-)
> Could it be that we draw up a blank here also...I've looked 
> in a couple of
> old books I have here and drew a blank... could be that you 
> have a rare
> board as I can remember in the days those systems where build 
> poeple where
> a bit sloppy on the part numberings and what was on the 
> boards they sold
> did not allways correspond to the partnumbers they used 
> because it was 
> normal to improve on a design after it went into production 
> ... so unless
> you can find someone who has been maintaining those systems 
> for a living
> 10 years ago and has a long memory and still remembers I'm 
> affraid noone
> will be able to find the data for you..
>   
> > Someone on the SunRescue list was kind enough to help me 
> open my eyes and
> > figure out what the little beauty is(4/330).  Now that I 
> know, I've looked
> > it up in the Sun Hardware Reference, and found some nifty 
> stuff.  The
> > processor listed in part one is a CY7C601.  However, that's 
> not what my CPU
> > is labeled.  
> > LSIL1A4839
> > 100-1778-03
> > SUN MICRO-A
> > TAC8929
> > I've got a Sun Field Engineer Handbook, but it only goes 
> back as far as the
> > Sun 4m CPU's.  Can anybody tell me if this is the same CPU 
> that came with
> > the board?  
> > Next question:  Where on this board would I find the Sun 
> P.N.?  I've removed
> > the framebuffer, which connects directly to the mainboard, 
> but I don't see a
> > sun P.N. anyplace.  :-(
> > Last question, for now:  How do I take the ram off of this board?!?
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 	Greg
> > 
> > 
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