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

[Mike Nicewonger]

No SCSI Fuse, I just looked at my FEH :(

Cheers,

--Mike N
-----Original Message-----
From: Hatle, Steven J. <shatle at vue.com>
To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org' <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Date: Monday, February 07, 2000 2:09 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Blew the gillywatzits off my 4/110 cpu.....(:+{{...


>Isn't there a SCSI fuse on that era of board- one of those little clear
>topped round ones that stick in sideways and that're almost impossible to
>see if they're blown or not? <grin>.
>
>I don't know if that fuse would cover whatever circuit you might have
blown,
>but those fuses are all over those old VME boards (and the lunchboxes) so
>you might try scavenging one from another board and replacing it and see if
>that helps.
>
>If you are not sure where the fuse is located on the board, I can check my
>FEH when I get home. IIRC, there are two of these fuses close together, one
>for Ethernet and one for SCSI. Let me know if you need a location
reference.
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: BSD Bob [mailto:bobkey at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu]
>Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 12:57 PM
>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>Cc: bobkey at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu
>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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