Fw: ss1+ via serial port or monitor not working
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From: Justin Maurer <mike911@clark.net>
To: sparc-list@redhat.com <sparc-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 6:27 PM
Subject: ss1+ via serial port or monitor not working
>I have a ram-less, hard drive-less sparcstation 1+ here, and i'm having
>trouble getting anywhere.
>
>with a monitor:
>When i first turn on the machine, the keyboard lights blink for a split
>second as they should, but won't light up after that *split* second, which
i
>haven't seen a sparc ever NOT do. nothing comes up on the monitor - it
>remains black.
>
>without a keyboard/monitor:
>i've tested it on two boxes with win95 hyperterminal (no jokes, please ;).
>the terminal program says it is 'connected', but i can't do anything.no
>output comes out onto the terminal, and i can't send any input to the
>machine.
>
>possible reasons:
>1) the cg3 is fried - that wouldn't do anything to me booting over the
>serial port, would it?
>2) the lack of ram and hard drive is causing the sparc not to get anywhere
>*even anywhere in the boot prom*. i am not a sun guru (expert maybe, guru
no
>;)
>
>thanks in advance,
>Justin Maurer / mike911@clark.net
>http://slashdot.org/ - http://www.clark.net/pub/mike911/
>
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>
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