[rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 260, Issue 10
Michael Thompson
michael.99.thompson at gmail.com
Fri Jul 19 11:43:52 EDT 2024
I think I have one in a pile of workstations in the garage. I will look.
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> 1. Re: Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)
> (Dave McGuire)
> 2. Re: Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)
> (Mouse)
> 3. Re: Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)
> (Alexander Jacocks)
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> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:15:00 -0400
> From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
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> Subject: Re: [rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for
> SS1/1+/2)
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> 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
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> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:18:16 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG>
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> Subject: Re: [rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for
> SS1/1+/2)
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> >> I just lucked into an Axil 255, which I had never actually heard of.
> > That's a great find! I had never heard of that model either.
>
> Cool! I once had an Axil; I think mine was a clone of the SS2.
> Apparently they cloned a bunch of different models....
>
> Not sure what happened to mine. I suspect I gave it away. I've been
> trying to shed hardware recently, and early-gen SPARCs would be low
> priority for keeping.
>
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> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:57:12 -0400
> From: Alexander Jacocks <jjacocks at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for
> SS1/1+/2)
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