Re: serial console on 735/99

Re: serial console on 735/99

[Pedro G. Gonnet]

hello!

forgot to mention, i don't have a HIL keyboard, so unplugging it is not
an option. anybody know if it might have something to do with the vt100?

btw, any chance i could get my hands on an "normal" ethernet-adaptor for
this machine? fddi-cards cost a fortune...

thanks in advance
pedro gonnet

Re: serial console on 735/99

[Eric Schnoebelen]

"Pedro G. Gonnet" writes:
- forgot to mention, i don't have a HIL keyboard, so unplugging it is not
- an option. anybody know if it might have something to do with the vt100?

	It's possible that someone reset the speeds on the
serial port, or configured the system to use the secondary
serial port as the console.  In any event, I'd suggest removing
the battery for a while, and then booting the system.. With no
graphics adapter, it will default to ttya at 9600/8n1.

- btw, any chance i could get my hands on an "normal" ethernet-adaptor for
- this machine? fddi-cards cost a fortune...

	As I recall, the ethernet module for these are no longer
in the HP price book.. You might try contacting an used HP
equipment reseller and see what they want for one.. Otherwise,
the next best option is a FDDI<->ethernet hub/router..

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Re: serial console on 735/99

[Grant Grundler]

"Pedro G. Gonnet" wrote:

> btw, any chance i could get my hands on an "normal" ethernet-adaptor for
> this machine? fddi-cards cost a fortune...

I thought the 735 has ethernet built-in.
IIRC, it's an AUI and you need a MAU thingy to connect to 10BT.

grant

> thanks in advance
> pedro gonnet
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Re: serial console on 735/99

[Eric Schnoebelen]

Grant Grundler writes:
- "Pedro G. Gonnet" wrote:
- > btw, any chance i could get my hands on an "normal" ethernet-adaptor for
- > this machine? fddi-cards cost a fortune...
- 
- I thought the 735 has ethernet built-in.
- IIRC, it's an AUI and you need a MAU thingy to connect to 10BT.

	It was possible to purchase the 735 with a FDDI port on
the back replacing the standard ethernet port.  I have three
such systems from an old CONVEX MP0 (`Merlin') cluster, circa
1995.

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Re: serial console on 735/99

[Frank Benke]

hi all

Eric Schnoebelen schrieb:

> Grant Grundler writes:
> - "Pedro G. Gonnet" wrote:
> - > btw, any chance i could get my hands on an "normal" ethernet-adaptor for
> - > this machine? fddi-cards cost a fortune...
> -
> - I thought the 735 has ethernet built-in.
> - IIRC, it's an AUI and you need a MAU thingy to connect to 10BT.
>
>         It was possible to purchase the 735 with a FDDI port on
> the back replacing the standard ethernet port.  I have three
> such systems from an old CONVEX MP0 (`Merlin') cluster, circa
> 1995.
>

yes it is .. i dont have the part number of the board,
but i had 2 735 in a fddi-loop running at cebit 97


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Re: serial console on 735/99

[Frank Benke]

hi all

Grant Grundler schrieb:

> "Pedro G. Gonnet" wrote:
>
> > btw, any chance i could get my hands on an "normal" ethernet-adaptor for
> > this machine? fddi-cards cost a fortune...
>
> I thought the 735 has ethernet built-in.
> IIRC, it's an AUI and you need a MAU thingy to connect to 10BT.
>

the aui is an "inlay" board , you can change

regards frank


>
> grant
>
> > thanks in advance
> > pedro gonnet
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Re: serial console on 735/99

[Simen Timian Thoresen]

> hello!
> 
> the problem is that the fddi was built in instead of aui
> (special-edition kind of thing) since the machine used to be in a
> cluster (hence also no monitor or keyboard). i was wondering if i could
> find something more along the lines of the eisa-slot...

Right. The EISA slot can function as a normal ISA slot, so you can stick any 
old ISA nic into it. The question then is what cards are supported by HP, 
right?
 
> i don't know if the fddi can be yanked out and replaced by aui or
> anyhing (haven't opened the machine - yet), but if it can - anybody want
> to trade?

As my EISA card is a CDDI-card (pretty useless Copper Distributed Digital 
Interface - lowtech fddi afaik), I need my aui-card myself. But if anybody 
wants some older 'DDI-technology, I'll donate my CDDI-card to whoever 
swaps his AUI-card with your FDDI-card.

I guess I'm somewhat less helpfull now than I thought I was, but still. ;-)

Yours,
-Simen
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Re: serial console on 735/99

[Pedro G. Gonnet]

hello!

> Right. The EISA slot can function as a normal ISA slot, so you can stick any
> old ISA nic into it. The question then is what cards are supported by HP,
> right?

or better: what cards will parisc-linux support? i've got a bunch of old
isa cards lying around from old pc's...

cheers
pedro