nomad@hydra.convex.com (Lee Damon) (09/20/90)
Yes, another pc532 has flung itself into the realm of the living, bringing to 2 the number of working boards at Convex. (Hi Jon :-). This one was wave soldered, only a few errors to correct there, etc. I had 2 problems to resolve after that: I didn't have the 532 in hard enough (palm pressure fixed that problem), and the straight-through cable I was using to the terminal didn't do it for me. When I replaced the terminal with a mac running White Knight, I got a monitor prompt. So, dragon.castle.org is born! (Now if I can just get an OS for it :-) nomad --------------------------------- \ play: castle!nomad or nomad@castle.org - Lee "nomad" Damon - \ work: convex!nomad or nomad@convex.com \ Marketing Computer Systems Administrator - Convex [Super]Computer Co. / \ "I Can't Stand Intolerance!" / \
tbr@tfic.bc.ca (Tom Rushworth) (02/28/91)
That is the traditional Subject line isn't it? Anway, about 22:30 PST last it was another case of: "put in the parts and turn it on"! I still don't know if the SCSI stuff works, but the LED's glow and the ROM monitor runs fine. I don't have all the harware I need yet (no SCSI disk) but it won't be long. Now where did I stash that PI program... Many thanks to Dave and George for a design so clean even I (who did my last soldering 20 years ago with a 200 watt gun) could make it work, and to Steve for putting together a parts kit so complete I could just "plug'n play". I hope to be able to return the pleasure this project has given me with some useful software soon. ---- Tom Rushworth (604) 733-0731 [FAX: 733-0634] | uunet!ubc-cs!van-bc!tacitus!tbr Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants | or: tbr@tfic.bc.ca