Managers,
I had asked about restoring the firmware on an Alpha clone, an "Alpha 21164
Evaluation Board 300MHz system", after I had managed to damage it by using the
wrong SROM image. I have learned more than I wanted to know about the
initialization sequence, the mini-debugger, and the advisability of buying
supported hardware. I was never able to talk to the debug serial port and
after returning the board to the vendor, he claims the CPU and the motherboard
both need to be replaced.
I will be buying a DS20 instead :-)
Thanks to the following folks for advice, encouragement, copies of firmware
images and documentation
Kurt A. Schumacher <Kurt.Schumacher_at_schumi.ch>
Terry Horsnell <tsh_at_mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
David Hull <David_Hull_at_Jabil.com>
Alan Davis <Davis_at_Tessco.Com>
Jon Brinkmann <jb_at_apo.nmsu.edu>
and especially to
Tom Blinn <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com> who was most succinct: "You may be hosed."
--Harvey
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Harvey Rarback phone: (650)926-3963
Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr fax: (650)926-4100
PO Box 4349, MS 69 home phone: (650)560-9111
Stanford, CA 94309-0210 Web: ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~rarback
rarback_at_ssrl.slac.stanford.edu ESnet: 45746::RARBACK
"Always tell the truth, that way you don't have to keep track."
Pogo
Received on Sat May 15 1999 - 23:38:14 NZST