Subject: Re: PROM Pass: ?
To: Edwin Mons <e.mons@spcgroup.nl>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/05/1998 18:26:43
On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 05:09:10PM +0100, Edwin Mons wrote:
> Well, isn't the NVRAM just a clock + battery + RAM on a chip?  At least, in my
> 4/60 it is.  Anyway, if my memory serves me right (I do have a Sun 4/110 at
> home, but didn't open in for ages) the 2816 and the clock are fed by a 3V
> battery,

I know nothing about Sun 4/110, but 2816 is an EEPROM chip which needs to
power to maintain the data.  The battery is only needed for the realtime
clock..  4/60 has a RAM chip with an internal battery (and RTC).

  -jm