On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:35:50PM +0200, Michael Engel wrote: > > Before I start to disassemble and test the machines, I would be interested > to hear about specific problems you might have experienced bringing up one > of these two machines, preferably those on the unexpected side. > I recently worked on getting a Xerox Star running. https://lists.vcfed.org/pipermail/vcf-midatlantic/2020-August/018468.html Others finished getting it running last weekend.
If it has a Quantum Q2040 the heads will likely be glued in place by a deteriorating rubber stop. The page above has link to how I delt with it to recover the drive contents. Some also have dry bearings. We decided to use a drive emulator for now using the Darkstar Viewpoint disk image. Also check the voltage drop on the +5.2 under load discussed in the page linked to. > Another thing that is also missing is the mouse pad for the three button > optical Xerox mouse. Is it possible that an optical mouse pad for Sun/SGI > machines is compatible? > You can print one http://www.digibarn.com/collections/devices/xerox-mousepad/index.html
