I own one Siemens MX300i.
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Front View. The QIC-02 tape has been removed, thus the empty 5.25" slot, because it was defect. I connect the replacement tape to the external scsi bus. |
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The first step in opening the case is to remove the top plate. Use a screw driver to lift the front part as shown in this picture. |
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The open computer. It is equipped with 4 serial cards. |
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The front panel. The upper two switches are power switches. The lower two switches will set the machine into debug mode while in the boot process. |
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The nvram is normally powered by a 3.6V lithium battery. When I received my MX300 it was completly used, so I replaced it with two standard 1.5V batteries, as they are significantly cheaper and provide enough power for the nvram. |
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An additional scsi controller with NCR chipset. It is connected to an external 50pin centronics connector. |
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An additional ethernet controller. |
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A serial card. I have three of those. |
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Another serial card. |
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CPU board. The board also contains a scsi controller and ethernet port. |
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32MB of memory. It is connected directly to the CPU board with the gray connector at the top left side. |
Sinix World The new ultimate Ressource for the Siemens RM platform. Covers the operating system which is used by the MX series as well.
Linux ABI a Linux project to use binaries from other operating systems on x86 Linux. There is partial success in running Sinix x86 binaries.
An explanation of the SINIX V5.20 Universes.
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