[rescue] RE: DEC 5000?

[Dave McGuire]

  Good luck...

   -Dave

On December 13, Mike Katchabaw wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> My understanding is that the failures are unrelated.  Only one fellow
> was using the box and he didn't complain much after the back-end
> disappeared.  (Guess he wasn't using it that much!)  When he later
> tried to access the DEC 5000 front end, he found it had gone
> belly up too.  At least that's the story I got ...
> 
> > > 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!
> > 
> 
> Well apparently after some checking, the guy who was trying to
> retrieve the MASPAR for our group reported that there might
> actually be no problems with the DEC 5000 after all, and that
> all problems appear isolated to the MASPAR.  Sadly, it appears
> that whoever is doing the diagnostics really doesn't know what
> they're up to, or someone is mixing their stories up somewhere.
> Sigh.  I'm going to lend a hand to try and make sure nothing else
> gets toasted trying to sort things out.  
> 
> If I do need a DEC 5000, or replacement parts, I know where to come
> looking!
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Mike.
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL