[rescue] Serial console on IBM RS/6000 250?

Andrew Weiss ajwdsp at cloud9.net
Sat Feb 21 18:44:41 CST 2004


On Feb 21, 2004, at 8:42 AM, Carl R. Friend wrote:
>    Oh, my.  I'm not going to say, "You're done for", but things
> don't look terribly good at this point.  Can you get the lid off
> the thing without completely mangling it?  If so, you should be
> able to jumper around the lockswitch to put the machine into
> service mode.
>

Indeed not... a drill and a big honkin flat head screwdriver are your 
friends in this case.

:-)... tis what I did to mine and my 7006 41T.  I only ever booted the 
41 T since I considered the 250 just too old.  I have 5 or 6 of them in 
storage.  (no keys)

Andrew



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