[rescue] SPARCstation 1 boot woes

[Dave McGuire]

   Oh!  That's handy.  That would be interesting to read; do you plan to 
release the source code?

          -Dave

On 5/29/25 20:37, Ethan Hawke via rescue wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> Todd Vernon
>> Entrepreneur | Investor
>> Email: todd at toddvernon.com
>> LinkedIn: toddvernon <https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvernon/>
>>
>>
>> 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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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA