[comp.sys.att] AT&T UNIX PC Expansion Unit

wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) (06/23/89)

We are trying to install one of these on a 3b1, but we are having
problems getting some of the cards to work.  We have the following
configuration:

    In the internal slots:

Slot 1: 2 meg RAM board
Slot 2: EIA/RAM Combo Board
Slot 3: Expansion Unit Card

    In the Expansion Unit:

Slot 5: Tape Controller
Slot 6: EIA/RAM Combo Board
Slot 7: EIA/RAM Combo Board (right hand slot, looking at back of unit)

None of the EIA/RAM cards have memory installed.  The serial ports in
the EIA/RAM cards in the Expansion Unit are not recognized by the
system software.  This must have something to do with how the system
identifies the cards to tell what hardware is installed.  The manual
for the expansion does say that any ram cards must be installed in
the internal slots, but we thought that we would be all right since
there is no ram installed on these boards.  Is it possible to get 
these cards to work in the expansion unit?  By the way, the tape
drive controller card works fine.

			    Jeff Wieland
			wieland@ecn.purdue.edu

lenny@alps.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) (06/27/89)

In article <12821@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu 
(Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:
>We are trying to install one of these on a 3b1, but we are having
>problems getting some of the cards to work.  We have the following
>configuration:
>
...
>    In the Expansion Unit:
>
>Slot 5: Tape Controller
>Slot 6: EIA/RAM Combo Board
         ^^^^^^^
>Slot 7: EIA/RAM Combo Board (right hand slot, looking at back of unit)
         ^^^^^^^
>
>None of the EIA/RAM cards have memory installed.  The serial ports in
>the EIA/RAM cards in the Expansion Unit are not recognized by the
...
We had this same problem arise.  I'm very unsure why this happens, even
with the memory removed from the cards.  I replaced both of those cards
with others we had in the office with no places for RAM (ie. no sockets
at all).  The Dual EIA cards then were recognized by the expansion
unit.  

>Is it possible to get these cards to work in the expansion unit?  
>By the way, the tape drive controller card works fine.
...
The fact that your tape controller is working is good.  That means the
signals are getting to the expansion unit fine.  I don't know what
the official word from AT&T is, and why they wouldn't work in the
expansion unit.

-Lenny