I’ve got a 3/260 (in storage sadly). IIRC, it’s pretty fussy about what boards go in what slots, so moving to the end might be tricky.
I never tried an extender card though. Not very helpful, sorry. d > On 5 Jun 2023, at 05:04, David Gesswein via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Did VME work long ago. We used extender cards to get better access. Sometimes > a card didn't like being on an extender. Then we might move it to the > end of the card cage and pull the end plate off to get access. Never worked > with 3/110. If I remember Sun made some big VME boards. We only used 6U normal > depth. > > Seem to be some extenders on ebay. Cheaper than when new... The ones we > used were multilayer boards to try to give better signal integrity. > > If CPU is slot 1 system controller moving it can cause problems if you are > trying to talk to other cards. > >> On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 09:33:03AM -0700, Kurt Nowak wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have a Sun 3/110 with a faulty video section (hangs at boot when it polls >> the FB) and I want to be able to probe and troubleshoot the board. Does >> anyone have any tips on how to get at it since it's buried in the VME >> chassis. I was thinking of having an extension card made but thought I'd >> ask here and see what others have done first. Any thoughts would be >> appreciated. Thanks >> >> -Kurt >> >> ------------------------------
