[SunRescue] Re: Sun 3/160 trouble

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Is the fuse a clear cylander with a black base and two pins on one side?  
If so, the fuse near the AUI port checks out.  If not I'll take a closer
look for anything that might be a fuse when I get back from classes.  I'm
used to fuses in computer being a small glass cylinder with metal contacts
at both ends.  

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Michael Thompson wrote:

> >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?
> 
> <snip>
> >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
> 
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