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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!vivanet!daw
- From: daw@vivanet.com (David A. Wolf)
- Subject: Re: Unfunctionality of Sperry 5000/?? ; please help
- Organization: VIVATRON Corporation
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:47:17 GMT
- Message-ID: <By5H6w.Lz9@vivanet.com>
- Followup-To: daw@vivanet.com
- Summary: Motherboard problems
- Keywords: Sperry
- References: <1992Nov17.221402.18922@ousrvr.oulu.fi>
- Sender: David A. Wolf
- Lines: 44
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- In article <1992Nov17.221402.18922@ousrvr.oulu.fi> costello@tolsun.oulu.fi (Antti Jarvinen) writes:
- >A friend of mine invested some money to a sperry 5000/??? computer.
- >It runs Sys Vr2.1 and has a tape drive installed. A few days it
- >worked well and then came a problems: after power-up it gives
- >following information:
- >LOG TASK = SSKE,0
- >ERROR CODE 1 = $0109
- >AUTO TEST SEQUENCE
- >TEST: IVT TOD EDC MMU MEM HIO
- ^------i/o card
- >LOG TASK = HIO0,0
- ^----refers to the first i/o card
- >ERROR CODE 1 = $C00A
- >
- [stuff deleted]
- >
- >What could be broken? As far as I can remember the problem appeared
- >when a rs-cable between console-terminal and that machine was
- >accidentally pulled off from the plug when machine was up and running ..
- >after that the machine didn't ever boot again :-(
- >I can't see how a broken rs-cable could cause something to break down
- >in a computer - can it break something?
- >That machine claims that I/O-controller is broken - if it is, who
- >would like to sell us new one ? :-)
- >--
- >Antti Jaervinen, costello@tolsun.oulu.fi, costello@muikku.pulp.nullnet.fi
-
- YOUR HPSIO (High Performance Serial I/O Card is apparently not
- passing the self-diag.
-
- Before I you go out and buy a new one, TRY reseeding ALL the
- cards. The backplane may be the source of your problems.
-
- As one of the few surviving Unisys dealers in my area, I happen
- to have 5000 series parts IN-STOCK. Let me know if I can help.
-
- -good luck....
-
- David A. Wolf Toll: 716-272-0820
- VIVATRON Corporation Free: 800-836-UNIX
- Rochester, New York, USA Fax: 716-272-7627
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