sun 2 info: service, tip, 4.x upgrade

[Acct. of Prof. Steve Kahn]

Thanks to all who sent me mail about sun 2 power supply repair, sun 2
parts in general, and upgrades of sun 2 to 4.x.  I've listed the 3 places
that people mentioned for sun 2 service and parts below.  I received a lot
of mail about sun 2 upgrades to 4.x, but just about no one recommended it.

we have purchased a cannibalized power supply from an outfit in the CS
department here on the U.C. Berkeley campus.  actually, i guess it's
technically from U.C.B. salvage.  when we replaced the p.s., the sun 2
came back up as normal.

about *tip* problems:  no one seemed to know for sure why this happened.
maybe there is a bug in one of the boards.  our hardware guys here think
it might be a pickup problem.

some people suggested using the sun 2 simple as an X-term.

anyway, so long and thanks for the fish.

	     jon schachter

summary of info. on sun 2 service: 

outfit			specialty	location	phone
******		        *********       ********        (contact)

Apex 			fixes suns	Redmond, WA     206-867-4500
			& parts

Minicomputer Exchg.	sun 2 parts	Sunnyvale, CA   408-733-4400
							(Brandon)

Pinnacle Data Sys.	fixes sun 2s,   Columbus, OH	614-487-1150
			sun 2 parts			(John, Dan)


          *  *                               Jon Schachter 
       *        *                            Cook by day 
  *    *           *                         Astronomer by night 
	               (Regulus)                 Berkeley 


	NETMAIL: jon at xal.berkeley.edu