Mauricio
2004-01-10 13:24:39 UTC
Ok, it turned out all that was wrong was a bad (discharged?)
NVRAM. I had a new one I bought for one of my Sun SS2s and placed it
in the machine:
Testing memories: done.
12288K bytes available, 32K bytes reserved.
*** Automatic boot mode ***
NetBSD/newsmips Primary Boot
NetBSD/newsmips Secondary Boot, Revision 1.7
(***@tgm.netbsd.org, Fri Nov 28 21:51:43 UTC 2003)
Booting sd(0,0,0)
2187392+206184 [87920+75310]=0x27059c
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
NetBSD 1.6.2_RC3 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Nov 28 22:07:45 UTC 2003
***@tgm.netbsd.org:/autobuild/netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC3/newsmips/OBJ/aut
obuild/netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC3/src/sys/arch/newsmips/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 12256 KB
avail memory = 8560 KB
using 178 buffers containing 712 KB of memory
SONY NET WORK STATION, Model NWS-3710, Machine ID #30145
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: MIPS R3000 CPU (0x220) Rev. 2.0 with MIPS R3010 FPC Rev. 2.0
[...]
So, I am finally pretty happy that the machine runs as it should. I
may add a battery to the old NVRAM chip just so I can put it back
without worrying about it going boink on me again (well, if it does I
could then replace its external battery, which I can get for under $3
any day of the week new or free by going over old PCs ;).
Now, I do have a question: it seems the CPU is the same as the one
used in a DEC5000, like my 5000/25. How fast is the CPU?
NVRAM. I had a new one I bought for one of my Sun SS2s and placed it
in the machine:
Testing memories: done.
12288K bytes available, 32K bytes reserved.
*** Automatic boot mode ***
NetBSD/newsmips Primary Boot
NetBSD/newsmips Secondary Boot, Revision 1.7
(***@tgm.netbsd.org, Fri Nov 28 21:51:43 UTC 2003)
Booting sd(0,0,0)
2187392+206184 [87920+75310]=0x27059c
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
NetBSD 1.6.2_RC3 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Nov 28 22:07:45 UTC 2003
***@tgm.netbsd.org:/autobuild/netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC3/newsmips/OBJ/aut
obuild/netbsd-1-6-PATCH002-RC3/src/sys/arch/newsmips/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 12256 KB
avail memory = 8560 KB
using 178 buffers containing 712 KB of memory
SONY NET WORK STATION, Model NWS-3710, Machine ID #30145
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: MIPS R3000 CPU (0x220) Rev. 2.0 with MIPS R3010 FPC Rev. 2.0
[...]
So, I am finally pretty happy that the machine runs as it should. I
may add a battery to the old NVRAM chip just so I can put it back
without worrying about it going boink on me again (well, if it does I
could then replace its external battery, which I can get for under $3
any day of the week new or free by going over old PCs ;).
Now, I do have a question: it seems the CPU is the same as the one
used in a DEC5000, like my 5000/25. How fast is the CPU?