Subject: Re: PROM Pass: ?
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/04/1998 15:00:33
Oh, yeah- well- these parts are the same as what was on the sun3s I
believe- they get blown in a burner (this was for the IDPROM)- but 
I think there must have been some kind of writable storage somewhere
if there's a PROM password...

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Nov 1998, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >>   Oh jeeze.  If 20-year-old VAX documentation is readily available, 4/100 stuff
> >> should be all over the place.  It's not *that* old.
> >
> >It didn't sell as many units as VAX.
> 
>   Well, ok, you've got a point there. :)
> 
>   I just looked at a 4/100 board here...I believe the NVRAM on that board is a
> SEEQ 2816 chip...right next to the Intersil RTC chip.  Mine is soldered.  Bad
> news.
> 
>                -Dave McGuire
>