[SunRescue] Re: Sun 3/160 trouble

[Michael Thompson]

>I recently acquired a Sun 3/160.  I wanted a machine to run NeWS on.
>Anyway, with the diag/norm switch set to diag, I can get the machine to
>boot.  In the test moniter, I can establish that the external ethernet
>port isn't working.  This is backup up by the fact that none of the lights
>on my AVI CentreCOM 210T transceiver light up.  This transceiver works
>fine on my DECStation.  Once I get to the > prompt, I type b sd(), and the
>OS starts to boot, but then it hangs initializing the ethernet device.
>Any recommendations?  Should I try and get a new mother board?  Is the
>transceiver just incompatible? A seperate ethernet board?  The boot log is
>below.  I don't have a moniter yet, so I'm booting to the serial port.

I would look for a blown fuse on the CPU board. Next to the AUI port?

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>Oh, one more thing.  I've found instructions for converting a type3
>keyboard to work on a machine that expects the type4.  Can I reverse the
>procedure to use a type4 or type5 keyboard on this machine instead of the
>type3?  

Type 4 keyboards work fine on Sun3 machines. Sun even sold a cable that
had the Sun3 D-Sub connector on one end and a mini DIN on the other end.



Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson at IDS.net