[rescue] Sun 386i

alan at alanlee.org alan at alanlee.org
Sun Feb 24 02:20:12 CST 2019


RTC is definitely ok.  It's new and it retains things like baud rate 
settings over hard power cycles.

I also tried both a genuine Intel 80387 and a Cyrix FastMath FPU.  Same 
errors. :(

-Alan


On 2019-02-24 03:06, Josh Dersch wrote:
>> On Feb 24, 2019, at 12:00 AM, r.stricklin <bear at typewritten.org> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Feb 23, 2019, at 11:49 PM, alan at alanlee.org wrote:
>>> 
>>> but the other two signals that appear to carry pixel data are 
>>> negative to
>> the ground reference (a complication of the inductors).
>> 
>> It'll be an ECL video signal. I'd put the blame there, sooner.
>> 
>>> *** CPU Test FAILED ***
>>> Any clue where to look next?
>> 
>> Pretty sure the FPU (80387) is not optional.
> 
> Also, the diags will fail if the RTC battery is dead, with precisely 
> that
> message.
> 
> - Josh
> 
>> 
>> ok
>> bear.
>> 
>> --
>> until further notice
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