uVAX II sleeping...

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Sep 10 08:41:16 1998

< First off.. am I making a semantic error? The exact wording on
< the badgeplate of the 'good' machine reads 'VAXSTATION II/RC' and
< the dead one reads just 'VAXSTATION II'... all this time I have
< been refering to them as 'MicroVaxes'. Dumb? Irrelevant? Crucial?

Similar save for VAXstation was the marketing thing for a workstation
configuration and Microvax generally meant terminals for IO unless there
was a /GPX or /SPX then it was a workstation. Confused... so was
marketing.

< Upon power-up, the LED display on the back shows 'A'. The fixed
< disk, a Micropolis RD53-A, spins up and coasts down continuously.

The RD53 has a problem, there is internally a rubber bumper and the head
is stuck to it! Common problem on the Micropolus 1325s. The fix, open it
HDA, unlatch the head lock and force the arm to move then apply power and
close. recover data and dispose or if you nuts like me do surgery to
remove the peice of gum that used to be rubber and button it up and use it
a few more years.

< Cycling 'HALT' on the front panel causes the usual 'break' monitor
< printout and the pc state. The LED displays '8' and that's it... I
< have let it go for 10 minutes....

I think it's waiting for a terminal.

Allison
Received on Thu Sep 10 1998 - 08:41:16 BST