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

[Mike Nicewonger]

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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