[SunRescue] SPARCstation 330 questions...

[Michael C. Vergallen]

Gregory,
I didn't think you where out to offend anyone...just that not all off us
can answer questions on every piece of hardware sun ever released that's
all... No more no less.

Michael
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On Sat, 29 May 1999, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> 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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