I HAVE MID 90s SUN RAM-XX DYNO P/N EESE102A, I BOUGHT IT SECOND HAND UNUSED. IT CAME WITH ALL CONNECTION CABLES AND OLD DOS 6.22 OPERATING SYSTEM ALSO INSTALLED WAS RAM-XX SOFTWARE WITH INCLUDED FLOPPY INSTALLED ON PC. THE SYSTEM IS CONNECTED VIA LON NETWORK INTERFACE CARD ALSO INSTALLED.
I USED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH EVERYTHING WORKING FINE. THEN IT WAS LEFT IDLE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. FROM THIS THE PC BATTERY WENT FLAT AND ORIGINAL BATTERY WAS ON A CHIP.
LONG STORY SHORT ANOTHER DOS BASED PC WAS PURCHASED RAM XX INSTALLED LON NETWORK CARD INSTALLED.
WHEN PC IS POWERED UP AND RAMXX OPENED ALL LOOKS GOOD WITH MOUSE AND KEYBOARD WORKING. WHEN U TRY TO OPEN UP RAM-XX A ERROR MESSAGE DISPLAYS SAYING THE PC CANNOT CONNECT TO THE DYNO.
FROM AN OLD DOS TECHNICIAN I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SOME DOS LINE OF COMMUNICATION IS MISSING.
UNFORTUNATELY EVERYTHING FROM THE OLD PC IS GONE INCLUDING THE HARD DRIVE.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS MACHINE OR HAVE A PC THAT IS OPERATING I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP U CAN GIVE.
MAYBE A SNAPSHOT OF THE COMMANDS NEEDED TO GET THE PC TO TALK TO THE DYNO VIA THE LON CARD.
THE LON CARD IS MADE BY ZIATECH S/N 35-20, CARD IS ZT 14CT92.
DESPERATE PLEASE HELP