Did that a few times myself on a 9x7s and 9x8s too, and the jumper is
located near the network connectors. You can't miss it. No idea about 9x9s,
though, but I would expect a predictable location, like on the Core IO
board, close to the network connectors.

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Jim wrote :

> > Sam Knight asked:
> >
> > How do you set the network port on an HP3000/979 from the AUI port
> > to the Thinlan port or does this have to be done by the CE internally?
> >
> > I want to switch to the Thinlan port so I can connect it to a DTC-48.
>
> And several people replied along these lines:
>
> "It has to be switched by a CE"
>
>
> I did this myself on a 918.  There was a jumper on the main board that
only
> has two positions.  Of course, the problem is knowing which jumper to
> change.  If you can find someone to tell you which jumper and to what it
> should be set, changing it is relatively easy.  But only attempt this if
you
> are real comfortable messing with hardware.
>
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