26 Jan
2003
26 Jan
'03
3:29 p.m.
Hi, guys.
I picked up an Everex Step Megacube yesterday, and fulfilled a
10-year-old, forgotten lust. I wanted one of these REALLY BADLY when they
were new.
Anyway, I need the ECU (EISA configuration utility) for this guy, or at
the very least the .CFG for the motherboard.
If somebody has it and could email me a copy (pkzip or somesuch is fine) I
would be eternally grateful.
Thanks!
ok
r.
26 Jan
26 Jan
4:17 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
I picked up an Everex Step Megacube yesterday, and
fulfilled a
10-year-old, forgotten lust. I wanted one of these REALLY BADLY when
they were new.
Anyway, I need the ECU (EISA configuration utility) for this guy, or at
the very least the .CFG for the motherboard.
If somebody has it and could email me a copy (pkzip or somesuch is fine)
I would be eternally grateful.
Do you know if the motherboard is one of the customized Everex boards?
I've seen quite a few EISA servers of that vintage from well-known
companies that used fairly standard boards from companies such as Mylex.
-Toth
5:03 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Tothwolf wrote:
Do you know if the motherboard is one of the
customized Everex boards?
I've seen quite a few EISA servers of that vintage from well-known
companies that used fairly standard boards from companies such as Mylex.
I have no way of knowing. The board is an EV-18113. Everex wasn't the sort
of company who did that sort of thing anyway.
It has a number of unique features, however, which lead me to believe that
it is an Everex production. Like.. 10 EISA slots, 1 8-bit ISA slot, and
the system memory is on a special 32-bit slot down at the bottom of the
cabinet. There is no way to install memory directly on the motherboard.
ok
r.
27 Jan
27 Jan
7:26 a.m.
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
I have no way of knowing. The board is an EV-18113.
Everex wasn't the sort
of company who did that sort of thing anyway.
By the way, I remembered I had a tool from my IBM PC Servers that would
read an EISA slot and return the board ID for that slot, so at least now I
know the filename of the .cfg I'll need.
!EVX0101.CFG
If I had this file, I could at least try to bodge another vendor's ECU
to work until I find the "correct" ECU.
everex.com seems to be offline? Hostnames still resolve in that domain,
and according to Yahoo it was online as of six months ago. I can't seem to
contact anything there now. Pity, as they seem to have had the software
available right from the web.
ok
r.
4:41 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, r. 'bear' stricklin
wrote:
> I have no way of knowing. The board is an EV-18113. Everex wasn't the
> sort of company who did that sort of thing anyway.
That certainly sounds like a custom board. Everex did often use custom
boards, even in some of their AT class systems.
everex.com seems to be offline? Hostnames still
resolve in that domain,
and according to Yahoo it was online as of six months ago. I can't seem
to contact anything there now. Pity, as they seem to have had the
software available right from the web.
IIRC, Everex has been more or less out of business for quite some time.
For some reason, 1997-1998 seems to come to mind. Have you tried an
internic whois on the domain to find contact info?
I have a number of Everex systems and parts stored away currently. I
remember having difficulties finding documentation and drivers for certain
items years ago.
-Toth
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