I have also seen the SCSI terminator power fuse blow when the terminator is hot plugged.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 7:26 PM Chris Hanson <cmhan...@eschatologist.net> wrote: > On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Michael Thompson via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > I have a Sun 3/E, including a SCSI/Ethernet board, that ran fine the last > > time it was powered on. There is a collector in southern Germany who also > > has a 3/E board set. I didn't see any contact information for the > simulator > > owners. > > The originator of the Reddit thread works on this simulator and is the > point of contact. > > They're really interested in moving off the Sun 3/e rather than continuing > to try to get spare parts etc. I've also suggested they check the > capacitors and fuses, especially on the Ethernet/SCSI cards, since the > originator claims multiple failures. The Ethernet fuse in particular is > likely very easy to trip because people these days aren't used to AUI > adapters which generally *can not* be hot-plugged without blowing a fuse. > > -- Chris > > -- Michael Thompson