[rescue] Problems trying to resurrect a SparcStation IPC

Steve Sandau rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Nov 21 08:21:49 CST 2001


Ok, here are links:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/1995/10/11/0000.html
http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html

I thin these might have duplicate info, but at a glance each seems to
have instructions on how to do this...

Jeff Borisch wrote:
> 
> I sent in something like that, as have others. I can't seem to find the mail
> I sent. I remember it was in correspondence with BSD Bob.
> 
> There is some info to get you started in the famous NVRAM faq.
> 
> I have some pictures that I can put up as soon as I can get them scanned.
> (Meaning tomorrow sometime)
> 
> --jeff borisch
> 
> Michael A. Turner wrote:
> 
> > Someone once posted a doc on how to do this, involved a file and a
> > watch battery. File the chip down until you can see two contacts and solder
> > the battery to those contacts. Sounded like fun to me as I need to do this
> > now also for a new IPC I got. If anyone has those instructions laying around
> > can you repost them?
> 
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