Got it for next to nothing on ebay, but it lacked its pod cable.
Documents and links:
From the HP Computer Museum website:
The 4951A operation manual
The 4951C operation manual
The 4951A Service Manual
The 4951C Service Manual
EEVBLOG posts:
Cable pinout
From the 4951C service manual, these are J2’s pin assignments on the device:
The information on the 18179A RS232 POD starts around page 350 in the service manual. The interface connector there is called J1 and it has the following assignments visible:
This seems to be a straight-through cable. Sadly enough the EXT test still fails with such a cable installed 8-/
The SCC seems the most likely problem. This is a Zilog Z8530CS according to the schematic diagram (page 217), A1U209.
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