[rescue] IDPROM available

Alan Perry alanp at snowmoose.com
Thu May 18 16:31:43 EDT 2023


There is this, but it stops at the Ultra 1 (which is OK with me since my 
collections only goes to sun4m machines).

http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html

alan

On 5/18/23 1:26 PM, Thomas Pelki via rescue wrote:
> Morning ALL,
>
> Is there a list somewhere of what Sun system takes which ID PROM? As I 
> very SLOWLY rebuild my collection of Sun hardware, I'm gonna need to 
> replace all the IDPROMS along the way, and having a list would sure 
> make it easier.
>
> -Thomas
>
>
> On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 8:06 AM Rob Craig via rescue 
> <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
>     Hi Peter,
>     I purchased a few years back from Digikey:
>     M48T58Y-70PC1
>     <http://d.digikey.com/dc/KnEa49LIxePFwHl32X6QV-MnvxlgEuhzL0zb7DG3X6FltJgm2ck3wvK_9KHeFy_JBElXWP6DBd5sTXUkrPey5wzWAro87FSkNbhiKUrosNid5Wsjo0rbhoh4dB9lZf9EDocG7Lag8sv7LmcTXb2xTmwlXtjCZUymWhWVolXrn2bujubaQGjQXfQxe1oj3UshgLMh163TigCMbR5miWBXZIDx_iJrs2fST4dxWZDBqkTQFa11T5HSiY3vULKkc1m5/MDI4LVNYSy01MDcAAAF9AGie8olTJFsGp4uT_WC1aoYC2r6J2X2lVMZxGl-PIBMFg9yK9sYu2oiFt9Xxxq6nAzH5yws=>
>     497-2859-5-ND
>     *IC RTC CLK/CALENDAR PAR 28-DIP*
>
>     Does not work in my Ultra 30. I don't think they are available
>     anymore? Did you ever try one in an Ultra 30?
>
>     Regards.
>     Rob
>
>>     On 17 May 2023, at 16:58, Peter Stokes via rescue
>>     <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi
>>
>>     The 48t08 and 18 and the M48T58 (can use instead of long dead
>>     M48T59) are all still current products for mainstream distis, so
>>     no need to reengineer them. The only one that is an issue was the
>>     Blade 100/150 NVRAM which I made an adapter board for to use a
>>     later Dallas chip.
>>
>>     On the M48T18 offered, I would suspect the battery will be long dead.
>>
>>     Peter
>>
>>     Sent from my iPad
>>
>>>     On 17 May 2023, at 15:41, Rob Craig via rescue
>>>     <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Would be great if someone made a new project for Ultra 10, 20
>>>     ,30,60 IDPROMs. Something like this but for Sun :)
>>>     https://github.com/necroware/nw12887
>>>
>>>     I dremell’ed my last one a screwed it up. Don’t want to do it
>>>     again.
>>>     Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>>     On 17 May 2023, at 16:34, Will Enestvedt via rescue
>>>>     <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     I have what I believe is a 48T18 IDPROM, removed from a Sparc
>>>>     10 or 20.
>>>>
>>>>        It's a big chip that says on the bottom:
>>>>     48T18 A11
>>>>     H444902
>>>>     MALAYSIA
>>>>
>>>>     ...and the top has an orange barcode sticker that says 761214.
>>>>     It looks like the one shown here (on some web page that I found
>>>>     in a Google search):
>>>>     http://www.styma.org/idprom/IdpromBatteryHack.shtml
>>>>
>>>>        I don't need this chip or the carrier it's clicked into.
>>>>     Does someone want it?
>>>>
>>>>     - Will
>>>>     -- 
>>>>     Will Enestvedt
>>>>     "No matter how it looks at first, it’s always a people problem."
>>>>       —Gerald M. Weinberg, "Secrets of Consulting"
>>>>
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