[rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)

[Dave McGuire]

   That's a great find!  I had never heard of that model either.

   Years before your arrival at Digex, we deployed hundreds of Axil 
systems, 245s (SPARCstation-5 clones) and 320s (SPARCstation-20 clones). 
  We had one early Axil 420 (modified SS20).  They were all wonderful 
machines in every way.

   I don't know where that Axil 420 went; I've been looking for it for 
years.  None of the early Digexers will own up to having it, but it had 
to have gone somewhere.

               -Dave

On 7/18/24 22:33, Alexander Jacocks via rescue wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I just lucked into an Axil 255, which I had never actually heard of. 
> There was a post on this list back in 2002 where someone had one, but I 
> apparently missed it.
> 
> The machine even works, except for the (expected) IDPROM failure:
> 
>  > Axil-255, No Keyboard
>  > ROM Rev. 2.15, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #11184826.
>  > Ethernet address aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa, Host ID: aaaaaaba.
>  >
>  >
>  > The IDPROM contents are invalid
>  >
>  > Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma at 4,8400010/le at 4,8c00000  File and args:
>  > Internal loopback test -- Did not receive expected loopback packet.
>  >
>  > Can't open boot device
>  >
>  > Type  help  for more information
> 
> Color me happy! I'll have to do some investigating and testing.
> 
> I'm going to guess that the original MAC address and hostid are lost, 
> but since I don't have any HDDs installed in it, yet, that's not a big deal.
> 
> Has anyone else either used, or still got, one of these?
> 
> - Alex
> 
> Full diag post below:
>  > Power-ON Reset
>  >
>  > $$$$$ WARNING: No Keyboard Detected! $$$$$
>  > MMU Context Table Reg Test
>  > MMU Context Register Test
>  > MMU TLB Replace Ctrl Reg Tst
>  > MMU Sync Fault Stat Reg Test
>  > MMU Sync Fault Addr Reg Test
>  > MMU TLB RAM NTA Pattern Test
>  > MMU TLB CAM NTA Pattern Test
>  > MMU TLB LCAM NTA Pattern Test
>  > IOMMU SBUS Config Regs Test
>  > IOMMU Control Reg Test
>  > IOMMU Base Address Reg Test
>  > IOMMU TLB Flush Entry Test
>  > IOMMU TLB Flush All Test
>  > SBus Read Timeout Test
>  > EBus Read Timeout Test
>  > D-Cache RAM NTA Test
>  > D-Cache TAG NTA Test
>  > I-Cache RAM NTA Test
>  > I-Cache TAG NTA Test
>  > Memory Address Pattern Test
>  > FPU Register File Test
>  > FPU Misaligned Reg Pair Test
>  > FPU Single-precision Tests
>  > FPU Double-precision Tests
>  > FPU SP Invalid CEXC Test
>  > FPU SP Overflow CEXC Test
>  > FPU SP Divide-by-0 CEXC Test
>  > FPU SP Inexact CEXC Test
>  > FPU SP Trap Priority >  Test
>  > FPU SP Trap Priority <  Test
>  > FPU DP Invalid CEXC Test
>  > FPU DP Overflow CEXC Test
>  > FPU DP Divide-by-0 CEXC Test
>  > FPU DP Inexact CEXC Test
>  > FPU DP Trap Priority >  Test
>  > FPU DP Trap Priority <  Test
>  > PROC0 Interrupt Regs Tests
>  > Soft Interrupts OFF Test
>  > Soft Interrupts ON Test
>  > PROC0 User Timer Test
>  > PROC0 Counter/Timer Test
>  > DMA2 E_CSR Register Test
>  > LANCE Address Port Tests
>  > LANCE Data Port Tests
>  > DMA2 D_CSR Register Test
>  > DMA2 D_ADDR Register Test
>  > DMA2 D_BCNT Register Test
>  > DMA2 D_NADDR Register Test
>  > ESP Registers Tests
>  > DMA2 P_CSR Register Test
>  > DMA2 P_ADDR Register Test
>  > DMA2 P_BCNT Register Test
>  > PPORT Registers Tests
>  > NVRAM Access Test
>  > TOD Registers Test
>  > initializing TLB
>  > initializing cache
>  >
>  > Allocating SRMMU Context Table
>  > Setting SRMMU Context Register
>  > Setting SRMMU Context Table Pointer Register
>  > Allocating SRMMU Level 1 Table
>  > Mapping RAM
>  > Mapping ROM
>  >
>  > ttya initialized
>  > Probing Memory Bank #0 32 Megabytes
>  > Probing Memory Bank #1 32 Megabytes
>  > Probing Memory Bank #2 32 Megabytes
>  > Probing Memory Bank #3 32 Megabytes
>  > Incorrect configuration checksum;
>  > Setting NVRAM parameters to default values.
>  > Setting diag-switch? NVRAM parameter to true
>  > Probing CPU FMI,MB86904
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 4,0  espdma esp sd st 
> SUNW,bpp audio ledma le
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 0,0  Nothing there
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 1,0  Nothing there
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 2,0  Nothing there
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 3,0  Nothing there
>  > screen not found.
>  > Can't open input device.
>  > Keyboard not present.  Using tty for input and output.
>  > Probing Memory Bank #0 32 Megabytes
>  > Probing Memory Bank #1 32 Megabytes
>  > Probing Memory Bank #2 32 Megabytes
>  > Probing Memory Bank #3 32 Megabytes
>  > Incorrect configuration checksum;
>  > Setting NVRAM parameters to default values.
>  > Setting diag-switch? NVRAM parameter to true
>  > Probing CPU FMI,MB86904
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 4,0  espdma esp sd st 
> SUNW,bpp audio ledma le
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 0,0  Nothing there
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 1,0  Nothing there
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 2,0  Nothing there
>  > Probing /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000 at 3,0  Nothing there
>  >
>  > Axil-255, No Keyboard
>  > ROM Rev. 2.15, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #11184826.
>  > Ethernet address aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa, Host ID: aaaaaaba.
>  >
>  >
>  > The IDPROM contents are invalid
>  >
>  > Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma at 4,8400010/le at 4,8c00000  File and args:
>  > Internal loopback test -- Did not receive expected loopback packet.
>  >
>  > Can't open boot device
> 
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA