[rescue] SUN 3/80

Tue Feb 4 12:04:06 CST 2003

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 07:47:09PM -0500, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> Looks like the Sun 3/80 I was given some time ago (that I just got
> around to trying to do something with) is kaput...
> 
> The NVRAM is bad, so it defaults to a diag mode, and immediately
> fails pretty promptly on either a memory or I/O test.
> 
> I tried swapping out all the SIMMs... no good, still bad (I do have
> the P4 graphics card out... although I'm sure the 3/80 could run w/o
> a graphics card so I doubt that would have anything to do with it).
> 
> So... does anyone out there have a 3/80 motherboard kicking around ?

I have one, but it's not up for grabs.  However, is there some what to
flash the proper NVRAM image on to a NVRAM taken from another machine?
Or am I just talking gibberish?