<div dir="ltr">I think I have one in a pile of workstations in the garage. I will look.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:58 AM <<a href="mailto:rescue-request@sunhelp.org">rescue-request@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Send rescue mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Re: Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)<br>
(Dave McGuire)<br>
2. Re: Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)<br>
(Mouse)<br>
3. Re: Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)<br>
(Alexander Jacocks)<br>
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:15:00 -0400<br>
From: Dave McGuire <<a href="mailto:mcguire@neurotica.com" target="_blank">mcguire@neurotica.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for<br>
SS1/1+/2)<br>
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That's a great find! I had never heard of that model either.<br>
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Years before your arrival at Digex, we deployed hundreds of Axil <br>
systems, 245s (SPARCstation-5 clones) and 320s (SPARCstation-20 clones). <br>
We had one early Axil 420 (modified SS20). They were all wonderful <br>
machines in every way.<br>
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I don't know where that Axil 420 went; I've been looking for it for <br>
years. None of the early Digexers will own up to having it, but it had <br>
to have gone somewhere.<br>
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-Dave<br>
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On 7/18/24 22:33, Alexander Jacocks via rescue wrote:<br>
> Folks,<br>
> <br>
> I just lucked into an Axil 255, which I had never actually heard of. <br>
> There was a post on this list back in 2002 where someone had one, but I <br>
> apparently missed it.<br>
> <br>
> The machine even works, except for the (expected) IDPROM failure:<br>
> <br>
> > Axil-255, No Keyboard<br>
> > ROM Rev. 2.15, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #11184826.<br>
> > Ethernet address aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa, Host ID: aaaaaaba.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > The IDPROM contents are invalid<br>
> ><br>
> > Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma@4,8400010/le@4,8c00000 ?File and args:<br>
> > Internal loopback test -- Did not receive expected loopback packet.<br>
> ><br>
> > Can't open boot device<br>
> ><br>
> > Type ?help ?for more information<br>
> <br>
> Color me happy! I'll have to do some investigating and testing.<br>
> <br>
> I'm going to guess that the original MAC address and hostid are lost, <br>
> but since I don't have any HDDs installed in it, yet, that's not a big deal.<br>
> <br>
> Has anyone else either used, or still got, one of these?<br>
> <br>
> - Alex<br>
> <br>
> Full diag post below:<br>
> > Power-ON Reset<br>
> ><br>
> > $$$$$ WARNING: No Keyboard Detected! $$$$$<br>
> > MMU Context Table Reg Test<br>
> > MMU Context Register Test<br>
> > MMU TLB Replace Ctrl Reg Tst<br>
> > MMU Sync Fault Stat Reg Test<br>
> > MMU Sync Fault Addr Reg Test<br>
> > MMU TLB RAM NTA Pattern Test<br>
> > MMU TLB CAM NTA Pattern Test<br>
> > MMU TLB LCAM NTA Pattern Test<br>
> > IOMMU SBUS Config Regs Test<br>
> > IOMMU Control Reg Test<br>
> > IOMMU Base Address Reg Test<br>
> > IOMMU TLB Flush Entry Test<br>
> > IOMMU TLB Flush All Test<br>
> > SBus Read Timeout Test<br>
> > EBus Read Timeout Test<br>
> > D-Cache RAM NTA Test<br>
> > D-Cache TAG NTA Test<br>
> > I-Cache RAM NTA Test<br>
> > I-Cache TAG NTA Test<br>
> > Memory Address Pattern Test<br>
> > FPU Register File Test<br>
> > FPU Misaligned Reg Pair Test<br>
> > FPU Single-precision Tests<br>
> > FPU Double-precision Tests<br>
> > FPU SP Invalid CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU SP Overflow CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU SP Divide-by-0 CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU SP Inexact CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU SP Trap Priority > ?Test<br>
> > FPU SP Trap Priority < ?Test<br>
> > FPU DP Invalid CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU DP Overflow CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU DP Divide-by-0 CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU DP Inexact CEXC Test<br>
> > FPU DP Trap Priority > ?Test<br>
> > FPU DP Trap Priority < ?Test<br>
> > PROC0 Interrupt Regs Tests<br>
> > Soft Interrupts OFF Test<br>
> > Soft Interrupts ON Test<br>
> > PROC0 User Timer Test<br>
> > PROC0 Counter/Timer Test<br>
> > DMA2 E_CSR Register Test<br>
> > LANCE Address Port Tests<br>
> > LANCE Data Port Tests<br>
> > DMA2 D_CSR Register Test<br>
> > DMA2 D_ADDR Register Test<br>
> > DMA2 D_BCNT Register Test<br>
> > DMA2 D_NADDR Register Test<br>
> > ESP Registers Tests<br>
> > DMA2 P_CSR Register Test<br>
> > DMA2 P_ADDR Register Test<br>
> > DMA2 P_BCNT Register Test<br>
> > PPORT Registers Tests<br>
> > NVRAM Access Test<br>
> > TOD Registers Test<br>
> > initializing TLB<br>
> > initializing cache<br>
> ><br>
> > Allocating SRMMU Context Table<br>
> > Setting SRMMU Context Register<br>
> > Setting SRMMU Context Table Pointer Register<br>
> > Allocating SRMMU Level 1 Table<br>
> > Mapping RAM<br>
> > Mapping ROM<br>
> ><br>
> > ttya initialized<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #0 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #1 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #2 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #3 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Incorrect configuration checksum;<br>
> > Setting NVRAM parameters to default values.<br>
> > Setting diag-switch? NVRAM parameter to true<br>
> > Probing CPU FMI,MB86904<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 4,0 ?espdma esp sd st <br>
> SUNW,bpp audio ledma le<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 0,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 1,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 2,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 3,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> > screen not found.<br>
> > Can't open input device.<br>
> > Keyboard not present.? Using tty for input and output.<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #0 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #1 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #2 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Probing Memory Bank #3 32 Megabytes<br>
> > Incorrect configuration checksum;<br>
> > Setting NVRAM parameters to default values.<br>
> > Setting diag-switch? NVRAM parameter to true<br>
> > Probing CPU FMI,MB86904<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 4,0 ?espdma esp sd st <br>
> SUNW,bpp audio ledma le<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 0,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 1,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 2,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> > Probing /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000 at 3,0 ?Nothing there<br>
> ><br>
> > Axil-255, No Keyboard<br>
> > ROM Rev. 2.15, 128 MB memory installed, Serial #11184826.<br>
> > Ethernet address aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa, Host ID: aaaaaaba.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > The IDPROM contents are invalid<br>
> ><br>
> > Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma@4,8400010/le@4,8c00000 ?File and args:<br>
> > Internal loopback test -- Did not receive expected loopback packet.<br>
> ><br>
> > Can't open boot device<br>
> <br>
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ<br>
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Message: 2<br>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:18:16 -0400 (EDT)<br>
From: Mouse <mouse@Rodents-Montreal.ORG><br>
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Subject: Re: [rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for<br>
SS1/1+/2)<br>
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>> I just lucked into an Axil 255, which I had never actually heard of.<br>
> That's a great find! I had never heard of that model either.<br>
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Cool! I once had an Axil; I think mine was a clone of the SS2.<br>
Apparently they cloned a bunch of different models....<br>
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Not sure what happened to mine. I suspect I gave it away. I've been<br>
trying to shed hardware recently, and early-gen SPARCs would be low<br>
priority for keeping.<br>
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:57:12 -0400<br>
From: Alexander Jacocks <<a href="mailto:jjacocks@gmail.com" target="_blank">jjacocks@gmail.com</a>><br>
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