Apple LaserWriter 8500 EPOST error

So, I've overhauled the printer and (hopefully) fixed the toner cart sensor switch, to remedy the "ROS motor" error.... but now I have a new problem. POST fails on start-up, so I ran EPOST and that tells me there's now a "General Memory Error" in the I/O card. Trouble is, the manual doesn't suggest what use I can make of the knowledge that EPOST provides!
I've tried reseating the added 32M RAM card and the two ROM cards. In removing and refitting the I/O board, I used an earthing wrist strap and I'm pretty certain that all connectors are properly reattached (there are only three, anyway).
Is there anything else I might do to try and rectify this problem, or is it just another of those things were all that can be done is to replace the board?
Cheers,
Nigel

Those memories are pretty cheap now. Can you get
another one?
Well, the EPOST tests check the memory SIMMS separately and I think those tests are passing. It's this separate and subsequent "general memory test" that's failing. Just in case, I did try running the EPOST test with the 32M SIMM removed (i.e. using the on-board 16 M RAM alone), but no difference, still got the same error result. So, I'm fairly certain the fault is in the main I/O Board itself.
On the good side, I did a search last night for a replacement spare I/O Board. Didn't find one, but did find a complete 8500 printer going on eBay UK, just an hour down the road from me, for £30 ($60), which is probably no more than I'd have to pay for a repacement I/O Board, so I bought it! From the pictures and the description, it looks like a mint example, so I might end up being glad mine has developed faults!
Mind you, I think I'd still like to fix mine, given that it is only the I/O Board (by all accounts), so I'll still be looking for a replacement for it.....
Nigel

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O.K. Grant,
I was just in OS 9, opened the Chooser, selected Laserwriter 8 icon, and it found my Laserwriter 16/600 (which i have hooked up). And choosing Setup>Auto Select, it found the "Laserwriter 16/600 PS" PPD.
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Shelley,
The adapter is just that. It changes one plug at one end to a standard RJ 45 phone style socket on the other end. Plug in the <---> plug into the <---> socket on the back of the printer. The box end of the transceiver has a standard socket for the usual phone style plug.
"Do the transceiver (that I am assuming has the aaui adapter plug on it) and the RJ45 ethernet plug come as separate items that I then string together with the cat 5 cable? "
They can come as a box with two sockets and one short adapter cable or a box with one RJ 45 socket and one short cable permenantly attached that has the <---> plug for the printer.
"Or are these three items available as a unit that I can just order, ready to go (i.e. plug into the printer and connect to the computer.)?"
I have not seen one that was long enough to eliminate the need for the cat 5 ethernet cable. The length of cable needed varies so widely that manufacturers just make the adapter, you choose the length of cable.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch
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So, to recap, you do not need a separate ethernet hub - good guess, they do exist. A switch is a fast HUB - oversimplified explanation - and is not needed in your situation. Your router has a hub plus an uplink port for linking to another router connected to another Local Area Network.
Think of a router this way. My son has LAN parties with ten or more computers in one room connected to the internet. Without a router, the internet company would see ten computers and send him a bill for ten internet connections. At AOL rates, that would be $220 or more a month. Ouch! A router takes those ten computers and reduces the network signals into one so he only gets a bill for one $22/month connection. Much nicer for a student's budget.
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