[rescue] Sun 4/600 firmware found

[Mike Spooner]

Dave, one other thing to watch out for is the Ross-produced 2.14.3H - customised from stock 2.14.3 by Ross to support the 180/200 MHz HyperSPARCs: this is basically the same as the later one but missing a couple of ancilliary bug-fixes - the 2.14.3H OBP crashes Solaris 2.x on the first-generation SS10 motherboards *when using a serial console*, when using FB console it's perfectly fine.

- Mike


20 Feb 2020 02:35:14 Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>:

> Ah, excellent, I've made a note of it. Thanks!
> 
> -Dave
> 
> On 2/19/20 4:16 AM, Mike Spooner wrote:
> 
> > IIRC, re S600 OBP:
> > 
> > 2.10 supports 1st-Gen HyperSPARCs 55-80 MHz
> > 
> > 2.14.3 adds support for 2nd/3rd-Gen HyperSPARCs 90-150 MHz.
> > 
> > 2.14.5 adds support for the final-Gen HyperSPARCs 180-200 MHz.
> > 
> > -- Mike
> > 
> > 
> > 19 Feb 2020 12:41:11 a.m. Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>:
> > 
> > 
> > > In my boxes of chips, I've found revision D2.14R5 firmware for the Sun
> > > 4/600 CPU board. The chips have labels written in my handwriting, and I
> > > very vaguely remember upgrading several 4/600s in the 1990s. I think
> > > this was for Ross HyperSPARC compatibility but am not sure.
> > > 
> > > I've read the EPROMs and have their contents as files, and I have
> > > several complete sets (of four) of the EPROMs. If anyone is running a
> > > 4/600 and needs these, let me know.
> > > 
> > > -Dave
> > > 
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> > > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > > New Kensington, PA
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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