[SunRescue] Blew the gillywatzits off my 4/110 cpu.....(:+{{...

[Lyndon Griffin]

me me me...

<:)  Lyndon Griffin
http://www.bsd4us.org

On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

> I have a 4/330 that needs a home. Or whomever wanted it first speak up! I
> forgot who if anyone. Or was that the 4/110 I sent to John?
> 
> --Mike N
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BSD Bob <bobkey at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Cc: BSD Bob <bobkey at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
> Date: Monday, February 07, 2000 2:00 PM
> Subject: [SunRescue] Blew the gillywatzits off my 4/110 cpu.....(:+{{...
> 
> 
> >This weekend, I was playing with my 4/110 vme crate (the least of the
> >ancient Sparcs), and had it running fine on OpenBSD, then did a dumb
> >stunt.... tried to hook up a 525mb tape drive (which had something set
> >wrong and probably put terminator power onto the bus).  Alas, my musty,
> >dusty, rusty ol' 4/110 cpu blew its scsi port.  It was the first Sun
> >board of any kind I have ever blown, oh well.  Anyone know if something
> >like that is fixable?  Anyone know if terminator power is the probable
> >cause of blowing it up?  I had a 250mb tape without terminator power
> >capability, and it ran OK.  The 525mb drive had the terminator capability,
> >and .... poof.  I thought open the jumper to remove terminator power,
> >but I guess that was upside down....
> >
> >Anyone know of a singleboard vme cpu with built-in scsi of the
> >early sparc class that is up for grabs?
> >
> >If not, can anyone suggest what to stuff a 3-slot box with, and where one
> >might fine such a critter?
> >
> >The last option might be to stuff a 3/160 cpu board and sun2 controller
> >into it, for one last gasp, watering it down to a 3/60 sort of status.
> >
> >Any suggestions for the beerdrinkers budget or less are appreciated.....
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
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