DECstation firmware archive?

[Antonio Carlini]

On 03/08/18 23:47, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
>
> 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:
>>> 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
>
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


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