From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Apr 28 20:44:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from caffeine.gerp.org (caffeine.gerp.org [216.80.26.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6123C37B522 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:44:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kdulzo@caffeine.gerp.org) Received: (qmail 28786 invoked by uid 100); 29 Apr 2000 03:34:40 -0000 Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:34:03 -0500 From: "Kevin M. Dulzo" To: HerbalGypsy/justbobthebard Subject: Re: PC164 Troubles Message-ID: <20000428223403.A21113@caffeine.gerp.org> References: <20000428124555.A30435@caffeine.gerp.org> <390A1D98.3BBA314C@bellatlantic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <390A1D98.3BBA314C@bellatlantic.net>; from shsrms@bellatlantic.net on Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 07:24:08PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 07:24:08PM -0400, HerbalGypsy/justbobthebard wrote: > Ok, if you are getting something out the line with the xtal/osc in, > you might be ok. > What kind of ram - real parity is needed, 36bit. Its mixed branding, 2 are IBM labeled and numered, all "claim" to be 36bit. > Speed diff might be a problem on the ram, not sure, sometimes the > alphas are a little touchy. I put in all 60ns ram in mine - bought > from sysmerica too! > You could drop back to a lower freq osc, and try that. Aye, or my friend has one of these as well, I can "borrow" his osc. > There are a few PDF files on the pc164 that have some good > info. Have you picked those up? Oh yes, read them all about 8 times. Anyone know how to use that SROM serial data port to diagnose problems? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message