Date: Sat, 25 Sep 99 12:52:27 EST From: Dwight McKay (The Moderator) Reply-To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V12 #26 To: Suns-at-Home-List Suns-at-Home Digest Sat, 25 Sep 99 Volume 12 : Issue 26 Today's Topics: Emulex MU21 ESDI boards JavaTutor question networking config and sparc-2 comments sunfreeware.com Suns-at-Home Digest V12 #25 Surplusing Sun equipment... *act fast* Wangtek drives (2 msgs) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Submissions: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com | | Requests: suns-at-home-request@net-kitchen.com | | WWW Archive access: http://www.net-kitchen.com/~sah | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 09:19:00 -0400 From: "Robert Blackshaw" Subject: Emulex MU21 ESDI boards To: I have two of these puppies surplus in case anyone is running the same antique 3/60 shoebox that I am. Bob - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:44:29 -0500 (CDT) From: lionalk@ix.netcom.com Subject: JavaTutor question To: Suns-at-Home@tigger.net-kitchen.com Hello, Is there a way to access the JavaTutor courses via the web? (IE: Through a web browser.) Thank you, Lional Kendall - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:44:53 -0400 From: adh@an.bradford.ma.us (Sandwich Maker) Subject: networking config and sparc-2 comments To: Suns-at-Home@tigger.net-kitchen.com "- ------------------------------ " "Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:47:14 -0400 "From: "Brian D. Cook" "Subject: How to setup networing in Solaris 2.7 " " I have been the proud owner of a sparc5 for over a year now. I've [] "have installed Solaris on the sparc (with I'm sure way too much stuff "895mb install) It asked for the hostname and IP and subnet and such, but "never asked for the domain, or gateway, or anything else.. which is "fine, but how can I put this information in? I have dial-on-demand /etc/defaultdomain and /etc/defaultrouter if you have the disk space, do for MANDIR in /usr/man /usr/openwin/man do catman -w -M $MANDIR done then you can search manual pages for info with man -k [keyword] "- ------------------------------ " "Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 06:32:56 -0500 "From: TOM BUZEK " "I just picked up a sparc2 for home use, is there any place that I can "find info on this dinosaur? Info on spare parts? Or if you have spare "parts . here is a good place. also bookmark sunhelp.com and sunfreeware.com. i have a sparc 2, and i'm trying to find schematics for the system board. i'm not sure that even the fe manual - long out of circulation - had this info. "- ------------------------------ " "Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 13:14:58 -0500 "From: "Buzek" " "Im to to clear on what hardware I can use on a sparc 2, does anyone know if "I can put a new, say 18 gig scsi drive in it? it would be risky. the seagate st1480/sun0424 drives, which were the biggest available when it was new, dissipate ~9w idle, ~11w avg. the 5th-gen 18g cudas are -barely- within this range. you might get away with it, though, especially if your system will never be subjected to high ambient heat. one of the reasons i want sparc2 schematics is that i've just discovered that qlogic - 3rd-source for the 'esp' scsi chip originated by emulex - has just released an ultra-scsi version of the chip, but to make use of it i need to know where its clock comes from so i can start figuring out how to monkey with it. __________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay Rubber on the wheel is faster than internet rambler rubber on the heel - Lightnin' adh@an.bradford.ma.us Hopkins, Big Black Cadillac Blues - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:56:44 -0700 From: "jc bernardo" Subject: sunfreeware.com To: suns-at-home@tigger.net-kitchen.com anyone know what happened to sunfreeware.com? thanks, jc get your free gURLmAIL at http://www.gURLmAIL.com - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 08:54:57 -0500 From: "REISFIELD, DALE" Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V12 #25 To: "'Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com'" > I just picked up a sparc2 for home use, is there any place that I can > find info on this dinosaur? Info on spare parts? Or if you have spare > parts . > This unit is very similar functionally to a SparcIPX (same engine and perphierals). The SCSI used in this unit is narrow SCSI II. > Im to to clear on what hardware I can use on a sparc 2, does > anyone know if > I can put a new, say 18 gig scsi drive in it? > The SCSI used in this unit is narrow SCSI II. - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:08:03 -0700 (PDT) From: dfickes@advice.com (David Fickes) Subject: Surplusing Sun equipment... *act fast* To: sunhelp@sunhelp.org Okay, I've got a bunch of older SS1 level Sun and related stuff that is going to leave this office by 2-3 pm tomorrow with someone who is going to pay very minimal $ and take it away. I thought I'd let you folks have first dibs. And so here is a brief list of materials: = Multiple 5 1/4 disk drives 1.6 and 700 MB. All are Seagates. Specifically: 3 660 MB raw drives 1 1.2 GB raw drive 1 pair of 1.2 GB drives mounted in a dual enclosure (side by side). = Multiple enclosures of various flavors for aboves disks. = 2 Sun 386i expansion boxes. One has a drive (two?) and the other is empty. = 2 Sun-3 expansion shoeboxes. One has a tape drive and the other is just a chassis. = 1 Sbus expansion box = 3 PC cases. 1 is a great Compaq case (actually it includes the 486 board that can accept an Overdrive.) 1 is a desktop with power supply. 1 is a mini-tower with power supply. = One of those printer/sound enclosure boxes from way back. Heavy but good. = Cables (we always have too many cables). The above are considered not worth an Ebay job. The following are stuff that will probably be sold off to highest bidder or first person to make an offer: = Laserwriter II - we have two in "need a little work" condition and actually have two NTX and one NT controller that work. = 1 Sun ELC - can probably dig up memory and a keyboard if we are motivated. = 1 Helium/Neon laser low hours (kinda cool). = Three different large Mac monitors - 2 color / 1 grayscale. Issac says they are all in great condition. = A whole pile of working Mac monitor cards for Nubus including a couple of unusual ones with PC and Mac outputs. Basic deal is as follows: = John Seidel/Rich Morin get dibs. = Everything must leave before the end the week. If we ship it/ you pay shipping costs (UPS ground). = You need to inform me what you are interested in as soon as possible. = No promises other than I think everything runs well and we can work out any problems or issues. Please email with any questions or offers. -d David Fickes david@advicepress.com ADVICE Press phone: 650/321-2198 480 California Avenue - Suite 104 fax: 650/321-2199 Palo Alto, CA 94306 - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 09:14:29 -0400 From: "Robert Blackshaw" Subject: Wangtek drives To: I had the same problem with my 3/60 shoebox. It was driving me nuts wondering why OS4.1.1 tapes made for me would not read, even an official SUN OS 4.1.1_U1 tape. Pulled the drive and found a drive wheel that looked like old chewing gum. Searched the junk box and found an idler tire from a cassette tape unit. Put that idler tire in the Wngtek and it runs like a charm. I doubt that there are many of those old drives around or I might have gotten one for backup on my PC. Bob - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:15:53 -0400 (EDT) From: BSD Bob Subject: Wangtek drives To: blackshaw@erols.com (Robert Blackshaw) > I had the same problem with my 3/60 shoebox. It was driving me nuts > wondering why OS4.1.1 tapes made for me would not read, even an > official SUN OS 4.1.1_U1 tape. > > Pulled the drive and found a drive wheel that looked like old chewing > gum. Searched the junk box and found an idler tire from a cassette > tape unit. Put that idler tire in the Wngtek and it runs like a charm. I > doubt that there are many of those old drives around or I might have > gotten one for backup on my PC. Can you be a little more specific as to what exact brand/model/whatever cassette tape unit drive tire you wound up using? If there is a source for commercially made replacements, that would be better than me hunting for bits of rubber hose to slice up. Bob - ------------------------------ End of Suns-at-Home Digest ******************************