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Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?]

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On Jan 26, 7:28 pm, supervinx <ness...@libero.it> wrote:
> Recently I restored two DN3500 (from tapes !) and tried all possible
> netboot and connection through ethernet, because I haven't domain ring
> cables and can't figure out to connect two or more ATR cards :P
>
> Now it's the turn of a DN3000.
>
> I tried three framebuffers, but had the funniest things on the monitor.
> The machine works, since I can connect through serial (removing video
> adapter and keyboard)
>
> It's diskless, so I prepared elsewhere a floppy disk with /sau8, in order
> to quickly reconfigure the DN3000 (calendar, config)
>
> It asked me the MMU type: the card is marked 007965 Rev. 0, so it should
> be an old type (AFAIK)
>
> After the reconfigure, nothing changed. The three framebuffers proved to
> work, on the DN3500.
>
> I put an Apollo 3COM 3C505 and tried
>
> di N 0C707
> ld N
> and got an error, E
>
> The transceiver on the back signals all OK...
>
> There's some Bus/MB trouble or am I missing something ?
> DN3500 framebuffers don't work on the DN3000?
> Can't netboot from ethernet on th DN3000?
>
> --http://www.supervinx.com/Retrocomputer

   It's been a very long time so I can't help much.  The Apollo
network cables were nothing but coax cable.  The system had a way of
constantly tuning them for length etc. As far as I am concerned, SR9.7
was the last good and reliable release.  SR10 was generally too big
and contained too much Unix stuff in it.  It turned a DN3000 into a
piece of junk.

Len

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DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-01-27 01:28 +0000
  Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-01-27 20:32 +0100
    Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-01-27 20:44 +0000
      Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Lothar Paltins <lptmp01@arcor.de> - 2012-01-28 18:02 +0100
        Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-01-28 20:10 +0000
          Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-02-05 19:26 -0800
            Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-02-07 11:20 +0000
              Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] Jim Rees <jim.rees@rees.org> - 2012-02-07 22:06 -0800
                Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-02-08 10:32 +0000
  Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] "l-lopez@uiuc.edu" <l-lopez@uiuc.edu> - 2012-02-05 10:08 -0800
    Re: DN3000 help [Is there anybody out there?] supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2012-02-07 11:21 +0000

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