<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">So cool. I love wayward misfits like these</div><div dir="ltr">I have one of those glitchworks boards on the way for my SS10... One of the most exciting things about doing retrocomputing now is the availability of solutions like these.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 19, 2024, at 9:58 AM, Alexander Jacocks via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Yep, it’s an SS5 clone board custom built by Axil to fit the case layout of the SS2.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a picture of the board:</div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://share.icloud.com/photos/0dcskdj7zM2MCHpuvXBENn6Kw"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://share.icloud.com/photos/0dcskdj7zM2MCHpuvXBENn6Kw" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><div><0dcskdj7zM2MCHpuvXBENn6Kw.png></div></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://share.icloud.com/photos/0dcskdj7zM2MCHpuvXBENn6Kw" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">1 Photo</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://share.icloud.com/photos/0dcskdj7zM2MCHpuvXBENn6Kw" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">share.icloud.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Interestingly, the board (which is the 110 MHz variant) has some of the jumper settings silkscreened on it. Quite useful, as I doubt I’ll ever find any of the original documentation.</div><div><br></div><div>I’ll be repairing the IDPROM with one of Glitchworks repair kits. For anyone who is unaware, they’re really easy to use:</div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/gw-48t08-1-repair-board-module/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/gw-48t08-1-repair-board-module/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><div><2018-01-25T00:55:09.711Z-DSC05264.JPG></div></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/gw-48t08-1-repair-board-module/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">GW-48T08-1 Repair Board Module by Glitch Works, LLC on Tindie</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/gw-48t08-1-repair-board-module/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">tindie.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div>- Alex</div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><br>On Jul 18, 2024, at 10:42 PM, Michael Dombrowski via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp7b42dac4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">That's a SparcStation 5 clone, correct? Does it use a Sun motherboard or actual third party? Great find.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I've always loved the clone machine. My first Sun was a Solbourne SS2 clone because it was significantly cheaper than a real SS2. I have a couple of running Ebay searches for various clones, but they seemed to have significantly dried up. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">mike<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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<div><div id="ydpebb7ee6eyiv6950561438"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>The machine even works, except for the (expected) IDPROM failure:<br></div><div><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</div><div><br></div><div>Color me happy! I'll have to do some investigating and testing.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone else either used, or still got, one of these?</div><div><br></div><div>- Alex</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></div></div>
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