[HECnet] DECserver 200/MC - Worth a Punt?

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In which case the DS200 is dead, unfortunately. 
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Williams <williams.dan at gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:19:08 
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Hi,

I have tried all baud rates on the 1st Port. There is nothing on power
on or if reset.   Holding down the reset button whilst powering on
doesn't change anything. I also tried shorting the pins in case the
switch was broken.

Although the network activity light flashes when I plug a network
adapter into it, it doesn't seem to try and load anything. I have 4
machines with the software on and also tried it from a Linux machine.

There is a short diagnostic manual online
http://deathrow.vistech.net/~cvisors/DEC94MDS/dsrvbf01.txt.   This says
that if LED 2 is not lit up then it has a serious error and has failed
self test. It says to refer to the technical manual if it doesn't
light up, which I cannot find online.


I used to have one of these before, which I gave away. This just
worked, one of my machines is still setup from these days to mop boot
it.

Dan