[SunRescue] OT: RS/6000s

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Tue Apr 4 20:40:31 CDT 2000


On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 06:12:40PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote:
> You'll need RAM in the boxes to see anything at all.  Once you've got RAM,
> turn the keyswitch to Service and connect a serial null modem cable _with
> full handshaking_ to the first serial port and to your terminal.
> RS/6000's get very cranky with 3-wire serial cables.  Power on and wait a
> while, you can see the progress of the IPL on the front-panel LED display.
> A table to let you interpret these codes is on the IBM site.  Be patient
> and don't get alarmed if it takes a while.

Hardware documentation: 

http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/hardware_docs/

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