3/80 was [rescue] Even more free stuff

[Steve Sandau]

> >And as for the 3/80, it is cool (have one at work) but I cant't seem to
> >load much of anyting on it. It is very particular about drives, it
> >seems...
> 
>    If you don't have any external SCSI devices connected, put a terminator
> on. My 3/80 is very definite about that -- it wants the external connector
> terminated, whether it be a terminator at the end of a chain or one plugged
> in directly. Otherwise it can't find the internal disks.

In particular, this one seems to have a problem with SCSI IDs. An old
40M drive at ID 1 shows up as 2, at ID 2 shows up as 4, and so on. Also
has a problem recognizing the drive at all sometimes (depending on ID).
I have tried three drives with similar results, too, so it's not the
drive or me getting the wrong jumpers... Hard to get ID 2 wrong if you
know which 3 jumpers are for ID.

Also have a DataMate adapter-thingie in the 3/80 at work and that came
with the 3/80 I just got. Dunno what (exactly) it does. It says SCSI
SINGLE ENDED on it, and makes the 40M drive not work at all. *sigh*

Reason I'm doing all this is that I want to run/look at/play with Sun OS
4.1.1 which I've downloaded and put on tape. I can boot from the tape,
load the miniroot and reboot (sometimes) so I can get *somewhere* at
least...

-- 
Steve Sandau
IS Technician, TMA Bath, Maine
ssandau at bath.tmac.com