Re: Ross boot prom chip wanted
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:32, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've recently got a Sparcstation 20 (thanks to Blars) which I plan to use
> in an attempt to resurrect the sparc32 support. It has multiple Ross
> Hypersparc CPUs, however the boot prom chip is Sun-made. I believe that
> this is the reason why I see various random problems, like "watchdog reset
> interrupt" and unstable SCSI subsystem performance. AFAIK, there is
> special Ross-branded boot prom, which should be used with these CPUs. They
> were available on Ebay some time ago, but I cannot find them any more (or
> they are bundled with CPUs which I don't need). If someone has such an
> unneeded chip lying around (preferrably version 2.25r which is the
> latest), I would gladly pay for shipping it my way.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
> Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC
I have five ss20 arriving this week sometime, i'll look and let you know.
Don't get your hopes up, they are a "lot" I bought with unknown specs.
Hamish Greig
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