29 Nov
2004
29 Nov
'04
11:51 a.m.
"Heinz Wolter" wrote:
I have one. it's a big paperweight without the
microcode
tape.. the 725 was a cab with an integreated internal/etc rc25 combo.
memory is very limited . your tape drive wheel may be mush with age,
so try to check it before sacrificing your ony boot tape ;0
I would not bother with the boot tape. I'll bet $ the roller is mush.
But if you really want to use it send me your address and I'll send you
a few inches of norprene tubing which you can use to replace the roller.
instead I'd connect the tu58 to a db-9 and run tu58sim on a pc running
linux. I have a boot tape image which will boot quasijarus on a 730. I
think that should work on a 725 also.
That's how I boot my 730 all the time :-) works like a champ.
And netbsd won't boot on a 725/730. Quasijarus will. I got close to
fixing this at one point but decided Michael was right - bsd43 is the
right tool for that job. netbsd is too big and bloated.
You can boot bsd43 in 2mb of ram on a 730.
-brad