SunPCI II 34 Pin Connector
[288 byte] By [casper30214a] at [2007-11-27 8:28:24] 
Help.....does anyone know the use for the 34 pin connector at J13 on the Chimera card? It looks like an IDE connector, or even a floppy drive connector. I am reluctant to use it until I know it's purpose. Also, where can I pick up a user's manual for the card? Thanks in advance.
# 1
The Sun PCi-II Installation Guide and the User Manual are each still available at Docs.Sun.Com
Versions from 2002, but they're still there.
Installation guide is document # 806-4788
User Manual is 806-4787
The Release Notes ( 806-4789 ) document does not seem to be available any longer.
I just glanced through both PDF documents, with a speed-read.
Neither one seems to mention what J13 might do for you.
Considering it's a 34-pin, it might just be for a floppy drive, for DOS/WinDoze.
There are forum contributors that have actually used that Sun PCi card.
Perhaps they'll remember.
rukbata at 2007-7-12 20:18:22 >
# 2
Can't find any Sun documentation which describes J13.
The Sun PCi II user guide mentions that Drive A under Windows is mapped to the internal diskette drive of the system hosting the Sun PCi II card. See also http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/xperts/sessions/02_sunpci/#9
Found on a Linux on SunPCi-II Mini-HOWTO, http://www.vdberg.org/~richard/Linux-on-SunPCi-mini-Howto/preface.html
Floppy drive: access to the floppy drive is emulated by the SunPCi software running on Solaris. Linux recognizes the internal Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) on the SunPCi card, but no floppy drive. It should be possible to connect a floppy drive (if you have one in your Sun for example) to this FDC. I did not try this, and will not make use of the floppy drive in this Howto.
Sun-worshipera at 2007-7-12 20:18:22 >
# 3
If you can follow some of the traces from the connector to a nearby (large) chip and then Google the chip's part number you may be able to determine what's driving the connector.Sparcya at 2007-7-12 20:18:22 >
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