27 Jun
2020
27 Jun
'20
2:48 p.m.
Hi all, i am looking for a loader rom set for my 21mx and does not seem to be around at
the usual places, I am hoping to find a leed.
Here is what i am in need of.
12992L consisting of
12992-80011
91740-80070
91740-80071
91740-80072
there is a set of 91740 on bit savers but with a suffix of 67-69 ?
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Grant
28 Jun
28 Jun
6:21 a.m.
Grant wrote....
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Hi all, i am looking for a loader rom set for my 21mx and does not seem to
be around at the usual places, I am hoping to find a leed.
Here is what i am in need of.
12992L consisting of
12992-80011
91740-80070
91740-80071
91740-80072
there is a set of 91740 on bit savers but with a suffix of 67-69 ?
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Pretty sure I have a binary copy of all known 12992's, the ones I use I just
burn out to a set of blanks. The 7974 loader rom uses the boot loader
extension firmware for DS/1000. Are you actually running ds/1000?? I haven't
seen anyone get that up and running.
I'll see if I can dig up the bin (or an already burned chipset).
J
10:20 p.m.
Hi Grant,
I looked at my collection and I have the 67-69 ROMs, which I also identified
as the DS/1000 ROMs (Distributed Systems Network). I also have a
91740-80033/34/35 set which I don't know what it is. Does anyone know?
Anyhow, looking at the ROMs and dates, I suspect these are E/F microcode
only and would not work on the 21MX. So I think you'll have to go with one
of my cables, a standard mag tape card set and disconnecting your HPIB card
from the 7970 - so you were right from the start.
I would still be intrigued to see if anyone has the 70-72 set, and did not
know they were a DS/1000 extension, thanks Jay.
Marc
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Subject: RE: Hp 21mx loader rom set
Grant wrote....
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Hi all, i am looking for a loader rom set for my 21mx and does not seem to
be around at the usual places, I am hoping to find a leed.
Here is what i am in need of.
12992L consisting of
12992-80011
91740-80070
91740-80071
91740-80072
there is a set of 91740 on bit savers but with a suffix of 67-69 ?
------------------------
Pretty sure I have a binary copy of all known 12992's, the ones I use I
just
burn out to a set of blanks. The 7974 loader rom uses
the boot loader
extension firmware for DS/1000. Are you actually running ds/1000?? I
haven't
seen anyone get that up and running.
I'll see if I can dig up the bin (or an already burned chipset).
J
29 Jun
29 Jun
2:19 p.m.
On Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 22:20, CuriousMarc via cctech wrote:
I also have a 91740-80033/34/35 set which I don't
know what it is. Does
anyone know?
Those are DS/1000 revision 1826.
Page 3-130 of the HP "Communicator/1000 for Software Update 6.0"
(5951-6201, December 1992) has a full list of the DS/1000 ROMs and
revisions, as follows:
91740-80001/02/03/16 -- Rev. 1740
91740-80018/19/20/17 -- Rev. 1813
91740-80033/34/35/48 -- Rev. 1826
91740-80049/50/51/48 -- Rev. 1913
91740-80064/65/66/48 -- Rev. 2003 (bad ROMs; withdrawn)
91740-80067/68/69/48 -- Rev. 2003 (good ROMs)
91740-80070/71/72/48 -- Rev. 2540 (adds 7974 loader; no DS change)
(The first three ROMs in each entry are the microcode ROMS; the fourth is
the CBL ROM.)
Pages 3-104 through 3-136 of that document give the firmware revisions of
all of the HP products then in support.
Anyhow, looking at the ROMs and dates, I suspect these
are E/F
microcode only and would not work on the 21MX.
All of the above are E/F-Series only.
-- Dave
2 Jul
2 Jul
11:06 a.m.
Thanks a lot. Anyone wants me to dump the DS/1000 rev 1826 ROMs or are these already
available?
What?s the CBL ROM? The one that?s on the cable interface card?
Marc
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classiccmp.org" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
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classiccmp.org" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, June 29, 2020 at 2:19 PM
To: "cctech at classiccmp.org" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Hp 21mx loader rom set
On Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 22:20, CuriousMarc via cctech wrote:
I also have a 91740-80033/34/35 set which I don't know what it is. Does
anyone know?
Those are DS/1000 revision 1826.
Page 3-130 of the HP "Communicator/1000 for Software Update 6.0"
(5951-6201, December 1992) has a full list of the DS/1000 ROMs and
revisions, as follows:
91740-80001/02/03/16 -- Rev. 1740
91740-80018/19/20/17 -- Rev. 1813
91740-80033/34/35/48 -- Rev. 1826
91740-80049/50/51/48 -- Rev. 1913
91740-80064/65/66/48 -- Rev. 2003 (bad ROMs; withdrawn)
91740-80067/68/69/48 -- Rev. 2003 (good ROMs)
91740-80070/71/72/48 -- Rev. 2540 (adds 7974 loader; no DS change)
(The first three ROMs in each entry are the microcode ROMS; the fourth is
the CBL ROM.)
Pages 3-104 through 3-136 of that document give the firmware revisions of
all of the HP products then in support.
Anyhow, looking at the ROMs and dates, I suspect these are E/F
microcode only and would not work on the 21MX.
All of the above are E/F-Series only.
-- Dave
2:02 p.m.
On Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 11:06, Curious Marc wrote:
Thanks a lot.
You're welcome.
Anyone wants me to dump the DS/1000 rev 1826 ROMs or
are these already
available?
To my knowledge, they are not available.
What?s the CBL ROM? The one that?s on the cable
interface card?
No, it's a boot loader ROM ("CBL" is Communications Bootstrap Loader) that
will load absolute programs across a DS/1000 link. So it's one of the
small PROMs that mount on the CPU board and that is invoked by the front
panel IBL button. It's used to bring up a memory-based system node by
loading the OS from a disc-based node across the link.
-- Dave
28 Jun
28 Jun
3:02 p.m.
On Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 14:48, grant--- via cctech wrote:
12992-80011
91740-80070
91740-80071
91740-80072
there is a set of 91740 on bit savers but with a suffix of 67-69 ?
These are the original DS/1000 ROMs (date code 2003) without the 7974
loader extension. That was added in 1985 (date code 2540) with the
80070-72 set. The 12992-80011 ROM loads the extension from the DS/1000
ROMs into memory for execution.
any help would be appreciated.
Contact me off-list if you still need copies of these ROM files.
-- Dave
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