Sun 3/50 -- ethernet rev 17.
ams at gauss.princeton.edu
ams at gauss.princeton.edu
Mon Feb 5 04:50:49 AEST 1990
My subnet was recently switched to a cabletron mmac 802.3 over twisted
pair ethernet wiring. All machines previously on the subnet switched over
to the new wiring without problem except (you guessed it), the sun 3/50s I
have. I am told that they are not quite 802.3 compatable, by by bringing
them to hardware revision 17 it will make them compliant.
Anyhow, Sun would like to have about $1700 for this operation which is
outrageous. What I need are what the ECOs are to bring a 3/50 to rev. 17.
It is my understanding that the crucial fix involves the installation of a
resistor, a capacitor and some jumper mods. If someone can mail or fax me
the ECOs (including a parts list), I would really appreciate it.
p.s. If there is interest, I will be happy to post a summary to the net.
Andrew Simms ams at acm.princeton.edu
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