🚀 go-pugleaf

Antti Jarvinen (costello@tolsun.oulu.fi) wrote:
> What could be broken? As far as I can remember the problem appeared
> when a rs-cable between console-terminal and that machine was
> accidentally pulled off from the plug when machine was up and running ..
> after that the machine didn't ever boot again :-(
> I can't see how a broken rs-cable could cause something to break down
> in a computer - can it break something?
> That machine claims that I/O-controller is broken - if it is, who
> would like to sell us new one ? :-)
    If your HSIO (High Speed Serial I/O board) dies then this happens.
These seem to be fairly fragile, I've had one (and possibly a second) die
without even having terminals running on them, I think caused by bad power.
Unplugging a RS232 style cable is _always_ risky when the machine is
powered up, as the connector isn't designed for hot replacement.

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