[rescue] Sun 3/280? and Sun rack for $99 (eBay)

[Dave McGuire]

On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 12:17 AM, Kevin Loch wrote:
>>   Looks like a 4/280, assuming it hasn't had its CPU board switched 
>> (3/200 and 4/200 CPUs use the same memory).  I don't see any evidence 
>> of a DC power supply, and I'm pretty sure that chassis was never made 
>> with one.  Further, the model number of the power controller (Paluzzi 
>> 874C, coincidentally "874" is the model number of a DEC power 
>> controller of similar capabilities) is that of an AC-powered unit.
>
> It's probably one of those DEC power strips that have DC remote control

   Sun didn't use DEC power controllers...The ones Sun put in the x/x80- 
and x/x90-series chassis were made by Paluzzi, and the model number is 
"874<something>".  They're very similar to DEC's 874-D (and other) 
power controllers in features and functionality, and they also use the 
same connector & pinout for the remote control bus.

            -Dave

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