RISC6000 7007 POWERportable N40

From: Truthan,Larry <truthanl_at_oclc.org>
Date: Fri Jan 12 12:09:54 2001

Pat,

Thats where I'm at. Thanks for the confirmation.

I have the high density SCSI pigtail that connects to the IBM badged Tadpole
SCSI Floppy.
I also have an IBM 7210 010, CDROM drive which is SCSI, but has the big D50
SCSI connectors.

So the question is: With the right "adapter cable" from high density SCSI to
D50 cable connect, will the N40 identify and use the IBM 7210 010?

I really do appreciate your best efforts so far. I saw the release note
suggesting that this 3.2.5 was cut back to fit in the laptop environment. I
Have 32 M Ram an an 810MByte Hard drive. Screen support, scaling, and
graphics character sets seem to be some of the Unit Specific features of
this model.

Sincerely
Larry Truthan

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Barron [mailto:pat_at_transarc.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:38 AM
To: Truthan,Larry
Cc: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
Subject: RE: RISC6000 7007 POWERportable N40


On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Truthan,Larry wrote:
> The "66" entry is invalidated in the 10 element diagnostic menu and the
sub
> menues under each element. The initial sevice selection is "language
> select"). I havent tried "66" at the language select. On the first pass,
I
> am not making headway with your suggestion.


I poked around and found a document that might help you:

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RS/6000 N40 Laptop

* Setting the System to Service Mode:
  1. Press the key sequence [Pause][R] to reset the N40 (or power it off).
  2. Then interrupt with [Pause][K] key sequence as soon as the IBM logo
     appears.
  3. After several seconds, a language selection menu will appear; select
     appropriate language.
  4. Then press 99 to go to the main menu
  5. Select #7 (Change Soft-Keyswitch Setting).
  6. Select #3 (Service).
  7. Then press 99 to go to the main menu.
  8. Select #10 to start the boot off the CD.

* Limitations:
> The 7007-N40 is supported by a special N40 version of AIX 3.2.5.
    The 7007-N40 is NOT supported at AIX V4.
> The support for the 7007-N40 and N40 AIX 3.2.5 has been withdrawn,
    thus questions are answered on a best effort basis.

* Information
> Software maintenance on this system can be done by booting off the
    AIX 3.2.5 for N40 cdrom. To do this, attach the cdrom drive to the
    SCSI bus.

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You already knew most of this, but I'm sending it along in case it
might help.

--Pat.
Received on Fri Jan 12 2001 - 12:09:54 GMT