If these are sun3x machines they you can't currently run
	NetBSD/sun3 on them (I believe several people are working on
	this however :)

	You _really_ need to take a look at the sun3/sun3x archive
	(http://doener.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/), and the FAQ's there - they
	have a hell of a lot of useful info!

	Re getting serial access to their consoles - yup you should try
	a null modem cable with rx, tx & ground only, set the diag switch
	on the sun to on and use 9600/8/n/1!

	Good luck!

		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

System Manager: Southern Studios Ltd, PO Box 59, London N22 1AR.
Satisfied User: NetBSD, free Un*x {i386,sparc,mac68k,+more} 'www.netbsd.org'.
  System Admin: MHM Internet, 14 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick, London W4 4PH.
         SysOP: Monochrome, Largest UK Internet BBS - 'telnet mono.org'.

On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Wonko the Sane wrote:

> ok, picked up two SUN 3/180's.  big steal cages.  here is what i have.
> 
> 2x ???-???? mainboard with AUI, 2x serial, keyboard and monitor stuff. i believe
> both have 32M RAM.  i don't know the part number for this since i can't find it
> anywhere on the 2 boards.
> 
> 2x 501-1004  Sun-2 Multibus Ethernet [AUI] plugged into a 504-1054 Multibus-VME
> converter.  also have two unknown Multibus cards part number 370-1082-06 this is
> also plugged into a 504-1054.  307-???? isn't that in the componant range and
> not the VME/Multibus range of part numbers?
> 
> any info on the unknown multibus cards, looks sorta like SCSI.  has two "data"
> ports and two "control" ports on the back.
> 
> i'd like to pick up two cheap 1G FH drives to put, one in each 3/180.  and get
> NetBSD running on one, and SunOS 4.1.1U1 running on the other.
> 
> thanks for any info trying to get this thing going.  i don't have the keyboards
> monitors for them, and don't have any vt-terminals.  maybe a null-modem cable
> and a vt-xxx emulator (minicom or something)
> 
> thanks fort all info.
> 
> -wonko
>