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Started by Antti Jarvinen
Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:14
Unfunctionality of Sperry 5000/?? ; please help
Author: Antti Jarvinen
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:14
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:14
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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 LOG TASK = HIO0,0 ERROR CODE 1 = $C00A TEST: MPA TEST LOAD ERROR $0581 LOG TASK = SSLS,0 ERROR CODE 1 = $0581 SWITCHING TO INTERACTIVE MENU PRESS SPACEBAR TO CONTINUE After that appears a menu that appears when machine is booted to manual-state. About error-codes says manual the folloowing: 01xx SKE (SUS Kernal) Cxxx HIO0 (High Performance 8-channel I/O Controller Level 0 Diagnostics) 05xx SSLS (SUS Load Supervisor) When we try "INSTALL SYSTEM" from that menu that appeared after power-up tells the computer: LOG TASK = SSST,0 ERROR CODE 1 = $0609 and manual says: $06xx SSST (Streaming Tape Loader) 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 ? :-) Sorry about spelling errors etc, my native language is Finnish. -- Antti Jaervinen, costello@tolsun.oulu.fi, costello@muikku.pulp.nullnet.fi Copy this .sig and just say noe to big-brother's monitoring of public bandwidth *Bush Quayle conspiracy JFK cocaine LSD heroin marijuana AK-47 Iran Iraq Libya* *Sandinista Contras Panama Noriega FBI CIA NSA Secret Service fixed-elections * *Neil Bush S&L coverup potatoe wiretaps search & seizure bill of rights dead *
Re: Unfunctionality of Sperry 5000/?? ; please help
Author: Liam Greenwood
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:39
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:39
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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.
--
Liam Greenwood ------ liam@durie.amigans.gen.nz ------ Wanganui, N.Z.
Don't tell my Mother I'm a programmer,
she thinks I'm a piano player in a brothel
Re: Unfunctionality of Sperry 5000/?? ; please help
Author: David A. Wolf
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:47
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:47
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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
>
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>
>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....
David A. Wolf Toll: 716-272-0820
VIVATRON Corporation Free: 800-836-UNIX
Rochester, New York, USA Fax: 716-272-7627
SCO Advanced Product Center email: daw@vivanet.com
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