[rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)
Alan Perry
alanp at snowmoose.com
Fri Jul 19 21:07:11 EDT 2024
I have had a 320 (nominally a SS20 more like something between a SS10
and 20 :) that works well and a 220 (a LX clone) which is dead and I am
trying to bring back to life.
alan
On 7/19/24 5:15 AM, Dave McGuire via rescue wrote:
>
> 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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