DG Aviion video

From: R. Stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Wed Dec 2 16:18:46 1998

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, R. Stricklin (kjaeros) wrote:

> I'm going to see if anything is happening on either of the serial ports in
> the meanwhile.

Ok, I connected the RS232/RS422 port (which I took to be the primary port)
of the Aviion to a serial port on my NeXTcube and got this:

obelix% tip ttyb9600
connected

NVBATLOW
obelix%

which I take to mean the NVRAM battery is low. On a SPARCstation, this is
a catastrophic-but-repairable problem. This is the only thing I see. There
is no obvious battery inside, although there is a socketed RTC chip and
some sort of socketed Toshiba chip with what appears to be a speed rating
(-15) near it.

I can't seem to even get a hardware monitor (not that I know how to
interrupt it to get one or anything).

What's the prognosis?

ok
r.
Received on Wed Dec 02 1998 - 16:18:46 GMT