[SunRescue] Trying to save Sun2

[Michael C. Vergallen]

I think that if your serial cable is correct the settings for the terminal
should be 8 Bit No Parity 1 Stopbit. For the rest I don't know about Sun
2's because I don't have one so I can't help you. For an OS you can have a
look at netbsd or maybe you should try and locate SunOS for Sun2's


Michael
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Bill Bradford pointed this list out to me, as I'm trying to save an old
> Sun2 from the dumpster. Well... that is to say... I think it's a Sun-2.
> It's a deskside chassis (without the outside covers) with a 9-slot
> MultiBus cardcage inside. In the cardcage is a card that says "Sun 2
> Processor", a 3com network card, a keyboard/mouse/display interface, a
> combined SCSI/4x serial ports interface, an SMD disk interface and 3
> memory cards. Thusfar, comparing it to the information I could find on
> the web, it looks like a Sun-2/120. But, in the Sun-2/120, the memory
> cards should be in slots 2,3 and 4. However, slot 3 has only one card
> edge copnnector (as opposed to two for the other slots). The only card
> that doesn't need the second connector is the SCSI/4xserial controller.
> 
> So, I've got about 4 problems:
> 
> #1 What is the correct order for the cards, and what should be the
> jumper settings on the memory cards.
> 
> #2 I hooked up a terminal (DEC VT220) to SIO-A. All I get is a lot of
> gibberish. I've tried all possible settings. How can I get it to work?
> 
> #3 If I manage to get the console working, how do I proceed in
> installing an Operating System?
> 
> And finally
> 
> #4 What kind of system is this excactly?
> 
> If any of you can helpp me with this, I would be very pleased.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Camiel.
> 
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