13 Jul
2018
13 Jul
'18
5:26 p.m.
Are the firmware eproms for the DECstation archived anywhere?
15 Jul
15 Jul
6:55 a.m.
On 2018-07-13 20:26, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Are the firmware eproms for the DECstation archived
anywhere?
Are you looking for anything specific, or just like to save them?
I have most of the decstations ('133, '150, '200, '240 and '260),
but all in containers, moving :(
Cheers
1 Aug
1 Aug
9:44 a.m.
On Sun, 15 Jul 2018, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
I have several dumps I made for reverse-engineering purposes, and a
couple of TURBOchannel option ROM dumps too. Let me see...
dglta-fa-rom.img.bz2
kn02-ba.V5.7e.img.bz2
kn02-ba.V5.7j.img.bz2
kn03-aa.V5.1b.img.bz2
kn03-aa.V5.2b.img.bz2
kn04-aa.V2.1k.img.bz2
kn05-aa.V2.1k.img.bz2
pmaf-aa-rom.img.bz2
pmaf-fd-rom.img.bz2
pmag-ca-rom.img.bz2
pmagb-ba-rom.img.bz2
pmagd-ca-rom.img.bz2
pmazc-aa-rom.img.bz2
yes-cbg-rom.img.bz2
That's all I have at hand. For anything else I'd have to reach for actual
hardware, which I am currently away from (and my remote lab is currently
offline, due to the ISP who decided to cut me off without asking first).
I do have many more pieces of hardware, never dumped though -- the last
dump I made back in 2005.
Let me know if that helps.
Maciej
Are the
firmware eproms for the DECstation archived anywhere?
Are you looking for anything specific, or just like to save them?
I have most of the decstations ('133, '150, '200, '240 and '260),
but all in containers, moving :( 
3 Aug
3 Aug
2:26 a.m.
On Wed, 2018-08-01 17:44:46 +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2018, emanuel stiebler via cctalk
wrote:
I have several dumps I made for reverse-engineering purposes, and a
couple of TURBOchannel option ROM dumps too. Let me see...
If it's of interest, I'd probably add a number of VAXstation dumps for
several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT).
MfG, JBG
--
Are the
firmware eproms for the DECstation archived anywhere?
Are you looking for anything
specific, or just like to save them? 
10:53 a.m.
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
If it's of interest, I'd probably add a number of VAXstation dumps for
several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT).
One interesting thing about MicroVAX 3100 firmware is that the M10/20
and the M10e/20e motherboards are the same (as far as I know) as the
InfoServer 100 and 150 motherboards, just with different firmware. In
some situations an InfoServer may be more useful than a MicroVAX 3100.
They can be converted by replacing the firmware.
1:23 p.m.
On 03/08/18 18:53, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
The specs for the 100 and 150 would confirm your suspicions. There's also
a DTJ article somewhere that explains the evolution of the InfoServer line.
(After the 150 I think they built custom hardware).
Antonio
--
Antonio Carlini
arcarlini at iee.org
If it's of interest, I'd probably add a
number of VAXstation dumps for
several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT).
One interesting thing about
MicroVAX 3100 firmware is that the M10/20
and the M10e/20e motherboards are the same (as far as I know) as the
InfoServer 100 and 150 motherboards, just with different firmware. In
some situations an InfoServer may be more useful than a MicroVAX 3100.
They can be converted by replacing the firmware.
3:47 p.m.
On 08/03/2018 01:53 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Has anybody ever tried dis-assembling the 3100 ROM to
modify it to boot from bigger disks?
bill
If it's of interest, I'd probably add a
number of VAXstation dumps for
several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT).
One interesting thing about
MicroVAX 3100 firmware is that the M10/20
and the M10e/20e motherboards are the same (as far as I know) as the
InfoServer 100 and 150 motherboards, just with different firmware. In
some situations an InfoServer may be more useful than a MicroVAX 3100.
They can be converted by replacing the firmware.
4:44 p.m.
On 03/08/18 23:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 08/03/2018 01:53 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
The MicroVAX 3100 M10e/20e have a fix (or at least a late enough console
ROM has the fix).
No idea how easy it would be to back-port that to the original 3100
M10/20 (or the VAXstation 3100s).
Antonio
--
Antonio Carlini
arcarlini at iee.org
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw
via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Has anybody ever tried
dis-assembling the 3100 ROM to
modify it to boot from bigger disks?
bill
If it's of interest, I'd probably add a
number of VAXstation dumps for
several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT).
One interesting thing about
MicroVAX 3100 firmware is that the M10/20
and the M10e/20e motherboards are the same (as far as I know) as the
InfoServer 100 and 150 motherboards, just with different firmware. In
some situations an InfoServer may be more useful than a MicroVAX 3100.
They can be converted by replacing the firmware. 
4 Aug
4 Aug
3:19 a.m.
Maybe this helps: http://home.iae.nl/users/pb0aia/vax/vs-scsi.html &
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/ka420/README.txt
On 08/03/2018 01:53 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
/On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw via
cctalk />/<cctalk at classiccmp.org
<http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>> wrote: />>/If
it's of interest, I'd probably add a number of VAXstation dumps for
/>>/several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT). />/One interesting thing about
MicroVAX 3100 firmware is that the M10/20 />/and the M10e/20e motherboards are the same
(as far as I know) as the />/InfoServer 100 and 150 motherboards, just with different
firmware. In />/some situations an InfoServer may be more useful than a MicroVAX 3100.
/>/They can be converted by replacing the firmware. /
Has anybody ever tried dis-assembling the 3100 ROM to
modify it to boot from bigger disks?
bill
3:26 a.m.
On 2018-08-03 18:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 08/03/2018 01:53 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
20 year ago, somebody made a patched version which didn't have the 1gb
limit ...
look in the usenet archives, vms group
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw
via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Has anybody ever tried dis-assembling the 3100 ROM to
modify it to boot from bigger disks? If it's of interest, I'd probably add a
number of VAXstation dumps for
several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT).
One interesting thing about
MicroVAX 3100 firmware is that the M10/20
and the M10e/20e motherboards are the same (as far as I know) as the
InfoServer 100 and 150 motherboards, just with different firmware. In
some situations an InfoServer may be more useful than a MicroVAX 3100.
They can be converted by replacing the firmware.
3:31 a.m.
On 2018-08-03 18:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 08/03/2018 01:53 PM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
This should point you in the right direction :
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.os.vms/Xuyz5yJzjjc
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:26 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw
via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Has anybody ever tried dis-assembling the 3100 ROM to
modify it to boot from bigger disks? If it's of interest, I'd probably add a
number of VAXstation dumps for
several machines (3100, 4000, VS II GPX, VXT).
One interesting thing about
MicroVAX 3100 firmware is that the M10/20
and the M10e/20e motherboards are the same (as far as I know) as the
InfoServer 100 and 150 motherboards, just with different firmware. In
some situations an InfoServer may be more useful than a MicroVAX 3100.
They can be converted by replacing the firmware.
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