[rescue] SPARCstation 1 boot woes

[Todd Vernon]

 Is there a way to read the EPROM into a file without using the burner?  If
so, I could get the 1.0 OBP version pretty quick.

-t


Todd Vernon
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On May 29, 2025 at 1:22:04 PM, Dave McGuire via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> On 5/29/25 11:26, David McMackins II wrote:
>
> >    We have an SS1 running on exhibit at LSSM.  The next time I'm over
>
> > there (which may be tonight) I'll start it up and see what revision of
>
> > OBP that machine has, and if it's 1.x, I'll read the EPROM for you.
>
>
> Wonderful! I would kindly request on behalf of others that you dump the
>
> EPROM even if it is a different 2.x version, because 2.9 is the only
>
> one that seems to be available on the web. These old boot images seem
>
> to be at risk of becoming lost media. I'm happy to upload it to the
>
> Internet Archive if you don't want to do that yourself. :)
>
>
>   I had a few minutes so I ran over to the museum. (it's down the
> street from where I work)  The SPARCstation-1 on exhibit there is
> actually an SS1+ with an SS1 top cover, which annoyed me a bit; I'm
> going to have to have a little chat with the guy who built that exhibit.
>  I'll change it out at some point.
>
>   But either way, it has OBP v1.3.  I should be able to open up that
> machine and read the EPROM this weekend.  But something from a "real"
> SS1 will take me a bit longer.
>
>            -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
>
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