Re: [SS10+SS20]: OBP question

From: Eric Edwards (ese002_at_news9.exile.org)
Date: 03/29/04

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    Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:58:22 +0000 (UTC)

    On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:33:29 +0200, Claus Dragon <claus@ultima-dragons.org> wrote:
    >Hello everyone,
    >
    >I recently swapped the old 2.12 BootProm of this SparcStation 10 I own
    >for a 2.25. Now, today I - finally - realized that POST now says that
    >this machine is a SparcStation 20.

    Hmmm. Mine never did that. The Sparc 20 ROM would not boot and the
    Sparc 10 ROM reports the machine as a Sparc 10. You wouldn't happen to
    have a Sparc 10SX, would you?

    >So, how much influence does the Open Boot Prom have on the hardware
    >compatibility? I am thinking about placing a cd-rom in the place of
    >the second hard disk in the SparcStation 10 chassis ... Could this
    >work or should I not bother to try for some reasons?

    AFAIK, CDROM support has always been there. You didn't need a ROM
    upgrade for that. But I wonder how you plan the mount the drive. There
    are no externally accessible drive bays on a Sparc 10. Floppies come in
    through a slot but that won't work for a CDROM. Even if you made a hole
    in the front, you would have to deal with a a SCSI connector this is on the
    wrong side.

    External CDROM drives are no problem. For years, I used an SS20's CDROM
    drive in an external case attached to my SS10. 

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