[HECnet] Personal DECstation 5000/25

[Cory Smelosky]

My Netra that functions as my router has a dead battery and she still runs fine. More stable than when my router was in a VM, too...

----- Original Message -----
| From: "Ian McLaughlin" <ian at platinum.net>
| To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
| Sent: Friday, 1 March, 2013 4:58:53 PM
| Subject: Re: [HECnet] Personal DECstation 5000/25
| 
| 
| On 2013-03-01, at 1:57 PM, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk>
| wrote:
| 
| > On 01/03/2013 17:02, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
| >> Mark,
| >> I've grabbed the image from you - thanks!   I look forward to
| >> seeing the patches also, once you've got slave online.
| >> 
| >> As with most hardware this age, the clock battery has died.
| >> Unfortunately, this module is soldered to the motherboard.   The
| >> original module is a DS1287.   I have a DS12887 spare, but I can't
| >> tell if it's compatible without soldering it in.   In most cases
| >> the DS12887 is a suitable replacement, but I can't find any
| >> discussion of anyone trying in a DECstation.   Any chance anyone
| >> here has tried?
| >> 
| >> I would normally install a socket, but this module lives just
| >> underneath the CPU board, and there's not enough clearance to add
| >> a socket.   Whatever replacement goes in will have to be soldered.
| > They never make life easy do they?
| > 
| > I'm guessing my 5000/240 probably needs a new battery by now!
| 
| At least this machine lets me still play.   I can change settings,
| boot the machine, etc.   It just forgets them when I power off.   Some
| machines will just totally lock up and refuse to operate when the
| battery is dead.
| 
| Ian
| 
| 

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