[geeks] nerd reading for a Friday night ... old-skool waxed

[wa2egp at att.net]

> What's really frustrating though, is that I actually have a
> complete board set + software for the VME version of the 3B2,
> but there's a blown surface-mount cap on the CPU board, and
> I' afraid that even if I managed to replace that, it's indicative
> of deeper problems.

Usually a blown resistor indicates further problems, rarely a blown
cap will (except for the the fact the cap was faulty).  Replace it.
What else could go wrong?....it's already busted. :)
 
> Has anyone here ever seen one of the MIPS-based 3B2s? I really
> wish they hadn't canceled that project.

No. I haven't.  I wish they hadn't stopped the plans for the 
UnixPC with a color screen either.

Bob