Re: Many Alphaserver 1200 questions

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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:15:22 -0400

Go to driverguide.com and do an advanced search, contributor is richardt.
That should get you both ECU's.

<mail_list@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Richard Tomkins wrote:
>
> > OpenVMS to Tru64, probably shouldn't have to run ECU.
> >
> > However, having said that, I have never had any weird problems cause I
> > always ran the ECU when changing things around such as hardware or
updating
> > firmware or changing the OS.
> >
> > I once had a customer that had some 4100's and the floppy drives showed
up
> > at the console, but Tru64 never saw them. He wanted to send all the
hardware
> > back for replacement. Took a lot of polite effort to get him to shut one
> > system down to run the ECU, and then a second system and finally he was
> > happy to do all 12 of them. Simple solution to problem for him that was
a
> > major issue.
> >
> > You are correct, there is a version of the ECU for Windows NT and a
second
> > version for OpenVMS/Tru64.
> >
> > When the original poster said the latest firmware was installed, the
alarm
> > bells went off cause after you do a firmware upgrade, you should run the
> > ECU. Firmware upgrades can change where certain tables in memory are
kept
> > that relate to the ECU.
> >
> > The ECU, EISA Configuration Utility, although it says EISA, configures
the
> > various tuff built in to the systems, such as, Console, RDM port,
Floppy,
> > Serial ports, parallel port, USB and built-in display port if also
there.
> > From what I remember on machines with built in video, you can turn the
built
> > in display on or off with the ECU.
> >
> >
> > "Bob Kaplow" <kaplow_r@encompasserve.org.mars> wrote in message
> > news:gmjVfKSMlow6@eisner.encompasserve.org...
> >
> >>In article <4328800a$1_1@news.cybersurf.net>, "Richard Tomkins"
> >
> > <tomkinsr@istop.com> writes:
> >
> >>>You must run the ECU when you change from OpenVMS to Tru64 to Windows
> >
> > NT. If
> >
> >>>you don't, the hardware is not set up properly. You get random faults
or
> >>>sometimes, if you're lucky, no faults.
> >>
> >>Is there a change going from VMS to Tru64? I thought both used the same
> >>firmware. Ther ARE changes when going from either VMS or Tru to / from
> >>Windoz.
> >>
> >>--
> >> Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L >>> To reply, there's no internet on Mars
> >
> > (yet)! <<<
> >
> >>Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/Document/MayJun00.pdf
> >> www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org
> >
> > www.nar.org
> >
> >> It had become an universal and almost uncontroverted position in
> >> the several States, that the purposes of society do not require
> >> a surrender of all our rights to our ordinary governors; that
> >> there are certain portions of right not necessary to enable them
> >> to carry on an effective government, and which experience has
> >> nevertheless proved they will be constantly encroaching on, if
> >> submitted to them; that there are also certain fences which
> >> experience has proved peculiarly efficacious against wrong, and
> >> rarely obstructive of right, which yet the governing powers have
> >> ever shown a disposition to weaken and remove. Of the first
> >> kind, for instance, is freedom of religion; of the second, trial
> >> by jury, habeas corpus laws, free presses. -- Thomas Jefferson
> >
> >
> >
> Thank you for that explanation of the ECU Richard. I have always
> wondered if it was necessary to run the ECU if the system did not
> utilize the EISA bus. This AS1200 has only run RedHat v7 Linux and
> FreeBSD v4 and v5 without need for the ECU. HP/Compaq should get there
> tech help in order as I was told by a Compaq tech the ECU was only
> needed if EISA hardware was present in the system. Is there any way of
> obtaining the ECU diskette image online?
>

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