Re: 3100/80: snapping sound?

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

I wrote

> I've got a machine whose case identifies it as a MicroVAX 3100-80.
> The POST calls it a KA47, so I think that is probably correct.

> But there's a mystery.  When I turn it on, there's a high-pitched
> chirp, then, a few seconds later, a snapping sound and a double
> chirp.

Turns out, with it running diskless, I can provoke this anytime with
"scsictl /dev/scsibus0 reset".  Since the only device on the SCSI bus
is the tape drive

st0 at scsibus0 target 5 lun 0: <, , > tape removable
st0: quirks apply, drive empty
st0: async, 8-bit transfers

I suspect it's the tape.  (Which makes a little sense; it's one of the
few things in the box with moving mechanical parts.  It also is
reasonable for it to have, for example, a mechanism to lock a tape into
the drive, which plausibly could sound like this.)

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