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From: me@spirea.UiB.NO (My Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: CAN U DIG IT? (Thanks too)
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.225639.17131@ulrik.uio.no>
Date: 11 Apr 91 22:56:39 GMT
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Hi all.

Good news today - my upgrade arrived in its entirety :-)

2.0 upgrade went smoothly (I'm on a 030 cube with optical and 40mb accelerator, 16 MB RAM)

040 upgrade wasn't any problem either, I (wisely) have been collecting comp.sys.next articles in anticipation of this ;-)  

Maneuvered around the twists of the new optical data cable and the turns of filter installation...

Figured I can use the SIMM puller on my teeth after the upgrade - hey gang, this'll be fun!

I powered up, and before I got a chance to see some real action, got the ROM monitor instead - 8-(

I was wondering if there was anybody out there in netland who know what:

"Exception #2 (0x8) at 0x1004046" means???

memory seems fine (it worked when I put it back in the 030...), 1/2 is parity (I bought) and 1/2 isn't (NeXT original) but parity is disabled.
"bod" gives nothing - the system hangs.
single user mode ditto.  I checked all the cables.  Twice.  I even tried some spares.  No go.

Yes, I've contacted NeXT, and of course been referred to B'Land (a firesale baby).  Left a msg at B'Land - hope they call back sometime soon...

If anyone has had a similar experience, feel free to share it with me, and what you had to do to fix things right.

Thanks.

sincerely,
"halfway there"

BTW - thanks to all those who tried to help with installing the Conner CP3100, I tried with 2.0 and got what else? - an error message.  I'm returning the drive under warranty and requesting a Quantum in the same (sane?) size in return.

Thor-Lee Legvold
University of Bergen
Norway (no - there aren't polar bears in the streets, so don't ask)
ppstl@nobergen.earn (or .bitnet)
ppstl@cc.uib.no
and now on NeXT... (this ones still working :-)
me@fiol.uib.no

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Thor-Lee Legvold                 |         ppstl@nobergen.earn (or .bitnet)
University of Bergen             |         ppstl@cc.uib.no
NORWAY                                |        and now on NeXT...
Hvor mye for datter'n din...? |        me@fiol.uib.no