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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you send some pictures or point me toward a website describing this system?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> rescue <rescue-bounces@sunhelp.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alexander Jacocks via rescue<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 18, 2024 20:34<br>
<b>To:</b> The Rescue List <rescue@sunhelp.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alexander Jacocks <jjacocks@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [rescue] Found an Axil 255 (SPARCstation 5 upgrade for SS1/1+/2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The machine even works, except for the (expected) IDPROM failure:<o:p></o:p></p>
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> 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>
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> The IDPROM contents are invalid<br>
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> 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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Color me happy! I'll have to do some investigating and testing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone else either used, or still got, one of these?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Alex<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Full diag post below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">> 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 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 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<o:p></o:p></p>
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