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In article <1992Nov17.221402.18922@ousrvr.oulu.fi> costello@tolsun.oulu.fi (Antti Jarvinen) writes:
>A friend of mine invested some money to a sperry 5000/??? computer.
>It runs Sys Vr2.1 and has a tape drive installed. A few days it
>worked well and then came a problems: after power-up it gives
>following information:
>LOG TASK = SSKE,0
>ERROR CODE 1 = $0109
>AUTO TEST SEQUENCE
>TEST: IVT TOD EDC MMU MEM HIO 
                            ^------i/o card
>LOG TASK = HIO0,0
               ^----refers to the first i/o card
>ERROR CODE 1 = $C00A
>
[stuff deleted]
>
>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 ? :-)
>--
>Antti Jaervinen, costello@tolsun.oulu.fi, costello@muikku.pulp.nullnet.fi

YOUR HPSIO (High Performance Serial I/O Card is apparently not
passing the self-diag.  

Before I you go out and buy a new one, TRY reseeding ALL the
cards.  The backplane may be the source of your problems.

As one of the few surviving Unisys dealers in my area, I happen
to have 5000 series parts IN-STOCK.  Let me know if I can help.

-good luck....

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