Motorola Series 8000 specific notes(Under construction)

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The series 8000 computers are real hardware in the original sense. Their case is all made of steel and thus very solid. As with most Motorola computers it is essentially a VME chassis in disguise.
I obtained one of these dinosaurs on eBay 2005 or 2006, relatively cheap compared to its rarety. It even had a working System V/88k on it. Unfortunately the PSU went belly up soon after I started testing, and it's probably next to impossible to spot a replacement. So I probably will have to learn to fix ancient PSUs by myself.

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Booting via Console

Connect serial port #1 via DB9 connector.
On Amiga: Standard setting. Use Kermit as terminal program. connect.
Booting may take several minutes, be patient.
If self-tests complete, select option #1 from presented menu.
Last updated: 24-Nov-2008, M.Kraemer