[rescue] SPARCstation 1 boot woes

[Ethan Hawke]

There is indeed, I created just such a tool for someone else,

https://ember.systems/eprom_dumpv2.b

This will dump the (sun4c/sun4m/sun4d/sun4e) PROM over XMODEM.

You can boot the file over TFTP or even over serial (with dlbin).

Cheers,
Ethan

On 5/30/25 05:27, Todd Vernon via rescue wrote:
> 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
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> Todd Vernon
> Entrepreneur | Investor
> Email: todd at toddvernon.com
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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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