We will’t throw stones. [Leaded Solder] picked up a SparcStation 1+ in 2018 and located it solely produced unlawful instruction errors. We’re positive he’s like us and meant to get again to it, and, as an alternative, it sat on the bench, taking on area. You finally have to maneuver it, although, so seven years later, it was time for one other go at it.
The primary go again in 2018 revealed that the machine had an attention-grabbing life. The total-sized laborious drive was salvaged from an Apple pc. Eradicating the drive resolved the unlawful instruction error. The drive appeared to work, however there was nonetheless nothing that steered the machine would totally boot up. The subsequent step was to strive booting from a floppy, however that didn’t work both. The floppy cable had been surgically altered, once more hinting this machine had seen some powerful love.
Quick ahead to 2025. This time, a Pi Pico-based SCSI emulator would stand in for the ageing and suspect laborious drive. Sadly, as famous, this machine has undergone some in depth and unusual surgical procedure. The facility cable feeding the emulator had been rewired backwards, exposing the poor Pi Pico to 12 V, with predictable outcomes. Fortunately, it didn’t appear to part the SparcStation.
The machine has some hard-to discover micro fuses and one which powers the SCSI bus was blown. You can surprise if the SCSI emulator blew the fuse, nevertheless it seems it didn’t. Pulling the Ethernet fuse and inserting it within the SCSI slot improved the machine’s conduct. However the termination energy was nonetheless an issue. A USB cable briefly solved that and, in reality, acquired the machine somewhat bit additional.
That’s so far as he acquired this time. We’d think about if you realize lots about this pc and have concepts on tips on how to remedy a few of the remaining issues [Leaded Solder] could be glad to listen to from you. However take your time. We estimate you may have not less than a couple of years.
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