Hi,

I already asked in de.alt.folklore.computers and alt.folklore.computers
to no avail...

My AXPpci 33 Board won't detect 64MB Memory Modules. I found some Notes
on the Net, that the Board needs SROM v0.4 or v0.5; according to the
EPROMs Label mine has v0.3. Unfortunately I was unable to locate the SROM-Contents for v0.4 or v0.5 on the Net.

Does anyone know, where I could find the SROM-Image v0.4 or v0.5?
Burning the EPROM is no problem, I "just" need the Contents (pls. note,
this is not the "flashable" Firmware (where v1.6 was the latest AFIK)
but really an EPROM).

Also it would be nice to know if there is a way to find the actual SROM
Version of the Board?

Would be nice to give my Tu64 a bit more memory.

Many thanks in advance for any hints!

Cheers,
_ralf_

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On 11/01/2018 06:51 AM, Ralf Folkerts wrote:

Hi,

Hi.

I already asked in de.alt.folklore.computers and alt.folklore.computers
to no avail...

Have you considered asking in comp.os.vms? Or how about the cctalk
mailing list? I would expect that someone in those groups might have an
idea or a pointer to someone who does.

Many thanks in advance for any hints!

Good luck.



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Grant. . . .
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Am 01.11.18 um 19:48 schrieb Grant Taylor:

Hi Grant,

thanks for the reply.

On 11/01/2018 06:51 AM, Ralf Folkerts wrote: >> Hi,

Hi.

I already asked in de.alt.folklore.computers and
alt.folklore.computers to no avail...

Have you considered asking in comp.os.vms?  Or how about the cctalk
mailing list?  I would expect that someone in those groups might have an idea or a pointer to someone who does.

I did think of comp.os.vms but wanted to keep that as my last resort -
as the Board runs Tru64, not VMS.

I did not think of cctalk. That's an Option I'll consider.

Many thanks in advance for any hints!

Good luck.

Thanks. I really hope to find the Image ;)

Cheers,
_ralf_

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On 11/04/2018 09:55 AM, Ralf Folkerts wrote:

Hi Grant,

Hi Ralf,

thanks for the reply.

You're welcome.

I did think of comp.os.vms but wanted to keep that as my last resort -
as the Board runs Tru64, not VMS.

True.

But I think that a quick message along the lines of:

"""
Hi, I know this is not VMS related, but I was wondering if any other DEC aficionados have any information about the AXPpci 33 Board.

Thank you for your time and have a nice day.
"""

It is definitely DEC hardware related and just about everybody in
c.o.vms is dealing with DEC hardware, physical or virtual.

I did not think of cctalk. That's an Option I'll consider.

;-)

Thanks. I really hope to find the Image ;)

You're welcome.

Have a good day.



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On Monday, 5 November 2018 04:00:01 UTC+11, Ralf Folkerts wrote:

Am 01.11.18 um 19:48 schrieb Grant Taylor:

Hi Grant,

thanks for the reply.

On 11/01/2018 06:51 AM, Ralf Folkerts wrote: >> Hi,

Hi.

I already asked in de.alt.folklore.computers and
alt.folklore.computers to no avail...

Have you considered asking in comp.os.vms?  Or how about the cctalk mailing list?  I would expect that someone in those groups might have an idea or a pointer to someone who does.

I did think of comp.os.vms but wanted to keep that as my last resort -
as the Board runs Tru64, not VMS.

I did not think of cctalk. That's an Option I'll consider.

Many thanks in advance for any hints!

Good luck.

Thanks. I really hope to find the Image ;)

Cheers,
_ralf_

There are some old document links on this page https://download.majix.org/dec/ including https://download.majix.org/dec/soft-firm_read_me_first.pdf
and the "ebsdk" is on github https://github.com/alphalinux/firmware

Phil

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On Sunday, 4 November 2018 17:00:01 UTC, Ralf Folkerts wrote:

Am 01.11.18 um 19:48 schrieb Grant Taylor:

Hi Grant,

thanks for the reply.

On 11/01/2018 06:51 AM, Ralf Folkerts wrote: >> Hi,

Hi.

I already asked in de.alt.folklore.computers and
alt.folklore.computers to no avail...

Have you considered asking in comp.os.vms?  Or how about the cctalk mailing list?  I would expect that someone in those groups might have an idea or a pointer to someone who does.

I did think of comp.os.vms but wanted to keep that as my last resort -
as the Board runs Tru64, not VMS.

I did not think of cctalk. That's an Option I'll consider.

Many thanks in advance for any hints!

Good luck.

Thanks. I really hope to find the Image ;)

Cheers,
_ralf_

Did you get this sorted by now?

If not, are you aware of the AXPpci33 OEM Design Guide,
more formally the
"Digital AXPpci 33 Alpha PC Motherboard OEM Design Guide"


Currently there's one variant (Order Number: EK–AXPCI–DG. C01)
freely downloadable at http://manx-docs.org/collections/mds-199909/cd1/alpha/axpcidgc.pdf
and there may be others related elsewhere.

In that document, section 2.2.2.17 covers some of the
necessary SIMM characteristics. In particular, they
must be genuine 36bit "parity" SIMMs, which were
relatively uncommon at the time.

Not 33bit SIMMs, not 'fake parity'; only genuine
36bit SIMMs. That's what the document says and that's
how i remember it (but I could be wrong).


The AXPpci 33 (aka Noname?) is a relatively simple low cost
21066/21068-based board and as such it is much closer to
the design of the Multia (aka Universal Desktop Box) than it
is to the design of the higher performance Alpha evaluation
boards as found in the EBSDK packages.

There has been some discussion of AXPpci33, Multia, UDB, etc
on the classiccmp mailing lists. I'm on the distribution but
haven't been following it for a long while and couldn't
quickly find any discussion of SROM images (maybe I didn't
have the right search keywords).

Quite a few of the widely referenced links from that era are
no longer working.

Best of luck anyway.

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