[rescue] DEC 5000?

[Dave McGuire]

On December 13, Loomis, Rip wrote:
> Is it just me, or does it seem that a power supply failure in
> the back-end which caused a separate system (connected only
> by a special interface card) to be unusable, means that likely
> the interface card is unusable?

  Yes...but I'd be surprised if the two failures were related.  That and
the fact that it's damn HARD to kill a DS5000.

> I dunno...but it sure seems as though just replacing the P/S
> in the MASPAR box and sacrificing another DEC 5000 to it won't
> make the back end completely usable.  It sure would be nice if
> there were a way to run diagnostics on the interface card...

  I'd say it's definitely worth the attempt!

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL