This is the #HP #16702a logic analyzer restoration thread. It covers cleaning up pcbs against corrosive glue, replacing the harddrive and cleaning the device and case alltogether (ita extremely sticky)
A more cohesive story will eventually land on https://museum.dantalion.nl
Special thanks to @tubetime and @CuriousMarc for the inspiration over the years!
now i can finally order my pizza.
bam! and it's in color now.
ok figured out how to boot the system with the NVRAM issue. hit STOP-A, then type n, then type "boot disk" lol they simplified it so i don't need the whole sd(0,1,0) nonsense.
so someone pointed out that the two crossed out names on the TurboGX card, CURTIS and CHRIS M, left Sun to found Nvidia!
anyway, setting up a new video card on a Sun machine is super easy and total jumperless! all you have to do is burn a new EPROM and solder some wires, then update your NVRAM config, and presumably some OS shenanigans, maybe recompiling a kernel or something lol.
i should boot an operating system, but i stole the SCSI2SD in this box for use with another system and i'm too lazy to find it. maybe the Amiga 1000?
oh yeah! it boots in color now. just check out that cool 3D-rendered SUN logo with colorful shapes.
my 13W3 Video Snake Oil (
https://github.com/schlae/13W3) lets you wire up the adapter in a number of ways. on a hunch, let's try and wire pin 5 (CSYNC) up to the HSYNC on the VGA video connector.
yeah looks like the color card works (this is the green video channel) but i will need a way to convert the sync signals to this monitor.