On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 01:35:00PM +0200, salo wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 02:59:46AM -0400, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
> > 1) Power on the machine.
> > 2) Wait approximately ten minutes.
> > 3) Press 'reset'.
> > 4) Wait a further thirty seconds.
> > 5) Type <CTRL>-V on the console keyboard. The machine should beep.
> > 6) Type '1' to set the video system to 70 Hz sync or '2' for 60 Hz.
>
> thank a lot. this solved my problem, card was set to 70 Hz instead of 60 Hz
> suitable for Sony GDM 1601/8. now it is working fine, i did it through serial
> console.
i found this operation described in original DG manuals on their website too,
there are few obsoleted documents for software and hardware produced by DG:
http://www-csc.dg.com/csc/
> but.. (yes, another but ;)) i got this machine without any keyboard. connector
> looks like PC DIN one but has more pins, i have no DIN keyboard here now to
> test it so i want to ask if it will work and if not, what for a keyboard i
> need to have (or is there any hack possible?), thanks
i realized that standard PC AT 101 should be enough from those docs.
i fell into another problem.. it looks like my AViiON machine's battery ran
out of power and any change in SCM is discarded after boot. each time i boot
up i need to set graphics card's output frequency to 60Hz and system date is
different. i searched for location of battery in manuals and i tried to find
it on board -- without any success. do someone know where is system battery
located? is it manufactured like sun's nvram chips in prom itself? thank you
for any hint..
regards,
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