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From: AUGART%MX.LCS.MIT.EDU@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU (Steven Augart)
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Subject: proteon ring card problem (solved)
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Date: Wed, 3-Sep-86 11:32:57 EDT
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Thanks to all those who wrote back to me about my problem with the
UNIBUS Proteon ringnet card.    Following a suggestion from Barry
Shein (which arrived a mere 20 minutes after my posting), I tested to
see if I was experiencing a hardware problem by changing the card's
node number and putting it in another vax (Dash.lcs.mit.edu) that uses
the same type of card.  It worked.  I then got sneaky and decided to
boot the new vax (Oberon) from the rk07 boot pack that worked on Dash,
so that it would be a Dash clone.  Still worked.  I then reset the
card's node number to oberon's.  Still worked. I then booted oberon
off of the kernel that I had originally made that caused all the
problems.  And the damn thing came up.

I hate problems that just disappear like that.  I had tried
re-inserting the board into Oberon a couple of times beforehand, but
it didn't work.  Well, it did the third time.  I guess this shows that
even if Unix's autoconfig recognizes a board, the board could still
not be seated properly ...  

Well, thanks again.  

Steven Augart