Date: Tue, 31 May 94 09:27:30 EST From: Dwight McKay (The Moderator) Reply-To: Suns-at-Home@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V7 #20 To: Suns-at-Home-List Suns-at-Home Digest Tue, 31 May 94 Volume 7 : Issue 20 Today's Topics: Mouse port died on 3/60 PPP for Sun?? Replacement batteries/NVRAM for Sparcs Suns-at-Home Digest V7 #18 Tandenberg Tape Drive on Sparc 1+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Submissions: suns-at-home \ @harbor.ecn.purdue.edu | | Requests: suns-at-home-request > -- or -- | | Archives: suns-at-home-archives / ...rutgers!pur-ee!... | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 03:20:59 GMT From: mcr@Sandelman.OCUnix.on.ca (Michael Richardson) Subject: Mouse port died on 3/60 To: (null) Last weekend, while installing a new kernel, my system broke :-) My story. I rebuild a kernel without an old ppp driver (latest one is modload'ed) and rebooted to install it. When my machine booted it told me: (from memory) cons_init: can not set line discipline on mouse device (this was right after declaring root/swap and dump device. i.e. after device probes, but just before mounting the root disk) I booted my previous kernel. Same thing. I booted a kernel before that. Same thing. I got my distribution tapes out and booted them. Same result. Finally, after much fideling, I got my eeprom convinced to use ttya as my console, and disconnected my keyboard. (If it found the keyboard/mouse, it tries to init them). My system is booted now, but my console (thus X) is useless. Plugging the keyboard in after does nothing since /dev/kbd and /dev/mouse were not configured on boot, and return "no such device" errors to Xsun. [aside: at first, I was able to boot via diag-switch and a 9600 baud terminal hooked to ttya. Now, when I go to the diag boot, it performs the PROM test, segment, something, and ROM selftest, and then loops!] I also tried a friend's sun3 keyboard. His keyboard is much older than mine, (1985 markings vs "rev R" on mine. both type-3) I have also pushed all the chips down, and swapped the 8350s as well. I have finally spoken to Hardware Canada (our local refurbisher), and they suggest a new motherboard. Probably, I'll get a second box too, and maybe split things X/compute server. The fellow who knows what to sell the boards for is away, so I wait until Monday. Any ideas? Anyone? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 08:41:50 -0400 (EDT) From: mage@ttest.dfci.harvard.edu (Gary Smith) Subject: PPP for Sun?? To: suns-at-home@ecn.purdue.edu Is there anyone out there who has found PPP software for Suns? I'm looking for something to go with SunOS 4.1.3. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 18:13:27 -700 (PDT) From: David Di Gioia Subject: Replacement batteries/NVRAM for Sparcs To: suns_at_home , rzahir@mipos2.intel.com I got a replacement battery/NVRAM chip/clock for a Sparc 1 from Contour Computer Services, Inc. 606 Valley Way, Milpitas, CA 95035, 408-946-9574. I had to give them my original hostid#. I think it cost me $45 plus tax and shipping. If you order one, ask them to use thich non-static foam or a plastic protector; mine arrived with the pins all mashed up, which took me 10 minutes to straighen out! It's been working fine for over a month, though. ...David Di Gioia | wu2@cts.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 03:08:55 GMT From: mcr@Sandelman.OCUnix.on.ca (Michael Richardson) Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V7 #18 To: (null) In article <199405161507.KAA11669@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu> Suns-at-Home@ecn.purdue.edu writes: >Is there a NOT_TOO_EXPENSIVE way to do high speed serial input/output >on a sun3/60 ? With the built-in UART and drivers, I can use it with on If your aim is SLIP/PPP, a 286 w/floppy+ethernet+KA9Q or PCROUTE may do the trick :-) There is an HDLC driver that says it runs on Sparc. I looked at it and don't see much (yet) that would keep it from running on a 3/60. Again, this assumes that you want to do SLIP/PPP, and your modem will run in synchronous mode. This may get you a bit more out of the 8350 chips, and has the advantage that you have the driver source. I too, have experienced lock ups that seem to coorelate with high speed UUCP activity on my ZyXEL (at 19.2k) on ttyb. L1-A doesn't work too quickly, I usually wind up powering the modem off, waiting ten seconds, on again, and then L1-A. *Usually* I get a monitor prompt and then can "c"ontinue, and all is fine. I *assume* that this is a different return path that has a lack of an splx(x) call... but... no source, no idea. I have the DTR patch, (which breaks ldcompat, so BSD sgtty stuff fails on my machine) but I have yet to find the alledged "Jumbo TTY patch" (oh... I'm 4.1.0 base) The HDLC stuff is mentioned in the comp.protocols.PPP FAQ. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 May 94 13:48:51 CDT From: root@genesis.slu.edu (0000-Admin(0000)) Subject: Tandenberg Tape Drive on Sparc 1+ To: Suns-at-Home@ecn.purdue.edu Hello Does any one have experience with using a Tadenberg 250 meg tape drive on a Sparc 1+. I have one but it does not seem to stream. It runs the tape back and forth during writes. If you can help please e-mail to reavesga@pxa.slu.edu Or respond to the group. Thanks George Reaves ------------------------------ End of Suns-at-Home Digest ******************************