If it is that black rubber foam, that is not good stuff. At some point the rubber will break down and rot the leads. The best way is to wrap them in...
I'm curious as to how one get N* dos to run on a S100. Does the N* have firmware on the mother board or is that just for I/O and the disk controller...
Use JB weld. Use the slow setting, not the quick setting. You may need to grind the ends of the mounts to get them through the ripped metal. Wipe all...
My experience with Convergent was playing rats. I'd put a version of Fig-Forth on it to work on the wire bonding hardware we made for wire overflow....