27 Aug
2014
27 Aug
'14
4:19 p.m.
Hello,
I have a VAX 4000-100A with possibly faulty firmware, version KA52 V1.3
VMB 2.15.
I would try to upgrade the firmware, I found on Maintenance Documents a
paragraph describing
how to upgrade it, having a ROM image file or a bootable tape.
Anybody has some of it?
Thanks
Andrea
28 Aug
28 Aug
3:46 a.m.
Hello,
I have a VAX 4000-100A with possibly faulty firmware, version KA52 V1.3
VMB 2.15.
I would try to upgrade the firmware, I found on Maintenance Documents a
paragraph describing
how to upgrade it, having a ROM image file or a bootable tape.
Anybody has some of it?
Thanks
Andrea
The banner on my VAX 4000-100A says: KA52-A V2.3, VMB 2.14
I may be able to dump the ROM if it is of any use to you, assuming I can find
what address it is at in memory.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
5:26 a.m.
The firmware update utility *used* to be on my VMS system disk, so it's
possible that it's on *all* VMS system disks.
I'll see if I can find out what it's called tonight.
Antonio
On 28 August 2014 11:46, Peter Coghlan <cctech at beyondthepale.ie> wrote:
Hello,
I have a VAX 4000-100A with possibly faulty firmware, version KA52 V1.3
VMB 2.15.
I would try to upgrade the firmware, I found on Maintenance Documents a
paragraph describing
how to upgrade it, having a ROM image file or a bootable tape.
Anybody has some of it?
Thanks
Andrea
The banner on my VAX 4000-100A says: KA52-A V2.3, VMB 2.14
I may be able to dump the ROM if it is of any use to you, assuming I can
find
what address it is at in memory.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
7:07 a.m.
Il giorno gio, 28/08/2014 alle 13.26 +0100, Antonio Carlini ha scritto:
The firmware update utility *used* to be on my VMS
system disk, so it's
possible that it's on *all* VMS system disks.
I'll see if I can find out what it's called tonight.
Antonio
I have imaged a lot of VMS disks, and can extract a file with vmscd.
But I don't know what to search for... :/
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7:26 a.m.
It's been so long that I don't remember. It may either be of type .SYS or
it may be a .EXE with SYS in the filename.
I'll see if I can work out what to look for tonight (if I get a few moments
to spare ...)
Antonio
On 28 August 2014 15:07, supervinx <supervinx at libero.it> wrote:
Il giorno gio, 28/08/2014 alle 13.26 +0100, Antonio
Carlini ha scritto:
The firmware update utility *used* to be on my
VMS system disk, so it's
possible that it's on *all* VMS system disks.
I'll see if I can find out what it's called tonight.
Antonio
I have imaged a lot of VMS disks, and can extract a file with vmscd.
But I don't know what to search for... :/
--
Retromuseum:
http://www.supervinx.com/Retrocomputer
You can reach me at:
http://www.youtube.com/supervinx
http://www.myspace.com/supervinx
http://www.facebook.com/supervinx
4 p.m.
On 28/08/2014 11:46, Peter Coghlan wrote:
VAX ROMs are usually located at address 20040000. One way of dumping it
is to use the examine command from the console (although it takes a while).
Hello,
I have a VAX 4000-100A with possibly faulty firmware, version KA52
V1.3 VMB 2.15.
I would try to upgrade the firmware, I found on Maintenance Documents
a paragraph describing
how to upgrade it, having a ROM image file or a bootable tape.
Anybody has some of it?
Thanks
Andrea
The banner on my VAX 4000-100A says: KA52-A V2.3, VMB 2.14
I may be able to dump the ROM if it is of any use to you, assuming I
can find
what address it is at in memory.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
>> E/P/L/N:FFFF 20040000
This will output a list of longwords which can then be converted to a
binary file. Alternatively you could read it from the OS by mapping to
the physical pages. Don't know if the ROM is 256k; that's just a guess
as they do vary.
Matt
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