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Re: Sparc 2 newbie...

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From: Mr. Yale
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 00:00
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FORESALE MUST SELL Sun Sparc Stations BEST PRICES IN TOWN!!!!!!!!

Selling Solid Great
Sun Sparc Stations

Please sell

1 qty  Ultra    200 Mb ram    2 gig ultra scsi HD video card and monitor 20"
3 qty  SS5    200 Mb ram    2 gig ultra scsi HD
1 qty  SS2    64 MB ram      2 gig ultra scsi HD
1 qty  IPX      64 MB ram     2 gig ultra scsi HD

Great servers!

Integrix SS5 System
System Specifications
110Mhz microSPARC II CPU
256MB Maximum memory. Uses 168 Pin 60nSec 8 or 32MB Simms. 8 Slots Total
5 Physical, 3 Logical SBUS Slots
Sun Manufactured Power Supply
16 Bit Audio with built in speaker. Full AFX Graphics Bus.
Twisted Pair Ethernet
Standard internal SCSI Connector. Supports up to 2 low-profile 3.5 inch
drives
Internal CDROM Supported
Motherboard upgradable to SS20 compatible
Socketed CPU; Soldered Cyrstal
All Metal Cabinet

Specifications
Sun microSPARC II CPU
256MB Memory Maximum. Uses 8 or 32MB 60nSec 168Pin Modules. A total of 8
slots.
16 bit audio
140Watt power Supply
AUI Ethernet Standard/Twisted Pair Adapter Included
2 Serial Ports (DB 25 Connector)
IBM Type Parallel Port
3 32Bit SBUS Slots
Supports 2 internal hard drives. Standard Fast SCSI II connector.
Internal CDROM not supported
Socketed CPU - upgradeable to 125MHz
Motherboard upgradable to SS20 compatible

For Sale:  Weitek PowerUp CPU (w/Tool) for Sun Sparc2 / IPX

    This is the Weitek PowerUp processor PGA, which clock-doubles
the standard SS2 or IPX to 80Mhz.  The Weitek tool makes easy the
de-installation of the old chip and installation of the PowerUp.
Chip, Tool, and shipping:




Make your best offer!!!

Yale Wong
Compass Com, Inc.
206-805-2323

Craig Dewick wrote in message <6oh09u$50s$1@lios.apana.org.au>...
>In <35aad4f7.48307890@news.pipeline.com> pcmedix@pipeline.com (Richard
Ross) writes:
>
>>I've been looking over this group for the past couple of days, and you
>>look like the guys I might be able to bore with my pitifulness! I own
>>a small PC repair shop, and have always wanted a Sun, and guess what?
>>Now I have a piece of one and am LOST!
>
>>What I have is a Sun Sparc 2, of unknown original origin, that was
>>purchased from an auctioneer. The unit has a G6 video adapter (frame
>>buffer?) and not much else.
>
>That would be the cg6 (aka GX) colour framebuffer. It's an 8-bit,
>vector-accelerated framebuffer, which is good if you're going to use it
with
>something like X-Windows (or Sun's supplied OpenWindows).
>
>> There was what appears to be a 1M 30-pin
>>SIMM in the first SIMM slot.
>
>With just a single SIMM (they should be installed in groups of 4) it won't
>do much. You can use either 1 meg or 4 meg 30 pin parity SIMM's rated at 80
>ns or faster. Try to stick to the same type and speed of SIMM in each bank.
>
>>I've gone over the hardware guide I found
>>at www.sunhelp.com, and am not sure if the banks are consecutive or
>>interleaved.
>
>They are interleaved, in this order:
>
>
>    SCSI connectors
>
>       3       3
>       1       1
>       2       2
>       0       0
>
>       3       3
>       1       1
>       2       2
>       0       0
>
>    Sbus connectors
>
>
>(looking from the back of the machine)
>
>> The machine has no hard drive, monitor, or keyboard. I
>>would just like to know how to tell if the box is worth buying some
>>parts to get it up and going. I've installed 4 9-pin 80ns 1M SIMMS
>>consecutively (one above the other) to try and power the system up and
>>check for signs of life. The power supply LED works (!) and the floppy
>>light comes on, but I get nothing from the speaker.
>
>Try ordering them as shown above for bank 0 and you should get some life
>from the machine.
>
>With no monitor, you can connect a serial terminal to port A (set for 9600
>bps) and the machine will use that as it's console. All Sun machines do
that
>as a fallback measure when there's no keyboard.
>
>> Should I get any
>>type of POST beeps, etc.? I attempted to use a terminal-emulating PC
>>connected to the com A port of the Sparc in several different terminal
>>configurations, with no signs of life, other than occasionally slowing
>>the terminal display. I tried with a null modem, and the motherboard
>>jumpers were set to RS-232, but I really don't know what to expect or
>>do here, either. I feel like such a virgin around this thing! Is there
>>anything I can do to check for definite signs of life?
>
>With the RAM installed as it is now, the power-on self tests will fail and
>the machine won't start up at all. That's probably why you're not seeing
>anything on the terminal. Once the RAM arrangement is fixed, things should
>work enough for you to see the bootROM kick in.
>
>Regards,
>
>Craig.
>--
>            Craig Dewick. Send email to 'cdewick@lios.apana.org.au'
>  Point a web browser at 'http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick/sun_shack.html'
to
>    access my archive of Sun information and links to other places. For
info
>      about Sun Ripened Kernels, go to 'http://www.zeta.org.au/~craig/srk'
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From: "Mr. Yale" <yw@ccom.net>
Subject: Re: Sparc 2 newbie...
Date: 1998/08/23
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