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Airbus A380 to use Power PC technology!

PPCMLA PowerPC 4 posts May 10, 2007 to May 11, 2007

#1 Thu, 10 May 2007 - 18:33 PPCMLA

Taken from an aviation industry newsletter:

#1 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 07:00 68kMLA

I have a 9600. For some reason when I first got it a while back, pressing the power button would boot the machine. Now it doesn't work. Why?

#2 Thu, 10 May 2007 - 20:19 PPCMLA

Ha!

I knew there was a reason Airbus was kicking Boeing's rear end in the commercial airliner market...

It's gotta be the PowerPCs!

FWIW, I recently flew on an Airbus from Denver to Phoenix. It wasn't a 380 (that would be silly), but it did have that same style of inflight enterntainment system with LCD screens on the back of every seat. There was also an interesting airspeed and altitude indicator and map. When we approached Phoenix, the map zoomed in to different levels of detail showing where the aircraft was with respect to local terrain and roads. It was pretty neat.

Peace,
Drew
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#2 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 09:13 68kMLA

Pram battery ? Power supply caps shot? Capacitor on motherboard? does keyboard power on work? (that would mean plastic or button is broken)

#3 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 11:15 68kMLA

I would also cheack the button with a multimeter, the button on my 8600 got destroyed by the previous owner, still haven't got around to replacing it

#3 Fri, 11 May 2007 - 07:09 PPCMLA

Yeah it isn't the same IFE. It my be similar, but A380 has got a totally new style of IFE, as far as how it actually functions. I'd go into more detail, but it'd probably bore most PPCmla'ers
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#4 Fri, 11 May 2007 - 08:12 PPCMLA

Not me! I recently attended a conference of aerospace engineers where we discussed all sorts of stuff like this.

There were actually some Honeywell folks there talking about avionics systems on modern aircraft and how they are basically using off-the-shelf components that are 100% interchangeable and quickly swapable. PowerPCs came up a few times.

It was a great conference. I totally love that stuff...

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Drew
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#4 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 12:16 68kMLA

I've got an extra PRAM battery laying around, brand new. The button works when I'm already booted but it won't power up the machine.

I remember posting a thread about using an SVHS cable as an ADB extension cable and someone mentioned something about it possibly draining the PRAM battery. That couldn't be it, could it?

#5 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 13:18 68kMLA

Those 8x00 and 9x00 tower case buttons can fail over time, they usually get budged off the PCB and need resoldering.

ADB = SVHS pinout, wouldn't do anything sorry!

#6 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 13:21 68kMLA

God I'm an idiot. I meant to type the KEYBOARD power button in the title. The normal power button is A-OK.

#7 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 - 18:57 68kMLA

ADB does use a separate line for the power key, so if that line isn't connected well the keyboard could still work normally and have no problems, and even the power key properly bring up the "Shutdown?" dialog once the machine is booted. Does the power key work reliably once the machine is booted?

#8 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 04:20 68kMLA

The power key functions normally when I'm booted up. I remember when I first got the machine that it was great to be able to start it up by hitting the power key on the keyboard. Doesn't work now for some reason unless I'm already booted and I want to shut down.

#9 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 - 15:28 68kMLA

Just replaced the PRAM battery. Didn't help.

#10 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 - 15:41 68kMLA

Could be a bad SVideo cable.

My G3 boots fine from the keyboard when plugged in directly, but I have it plugged into a KVM switch, and it won't boot that way anymore.