If you can set it up with a serial console (mac as the terminal)
	then you can program it that way..

		David/absolute

On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Simon Raahauge DeSantis wrote:

> I've swapped the NVRAMs and it worked perfectly. I've started to reprogram
> the IDPROM, but I've run into a somewhat unique problem: the shift key
> doesn't work on my Sun keyboard (The keyboard is a bit flakey and my monitor
> is pretty messed up so I run headless, telnetting from my Mac). Neither
> shift key works. So I can't type @ to compute the checksum for the IDPROM as
> given in the FAQ. I don't know forth at all either. Any tips on computing it
> by hand/decent calculator?
> 
> On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 11:53:18PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	You might need to reprogram some of the entries (see the NVRAM
> > 	pages linked to from the NetBSD/sparc FAQ), but it will probably
> > 	Just Work.
> > 
> > 
> > 		David/absolute
> > 
> > On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Simon Raahauge DeSantis wrote:
> > 
> > > I have an IPC with flakey memory. I will soon have an IPX with dead NVRAM.
> > > Can I take the NVRAM from the IPC and put it in the IPX? Will it not
> > > explode? Will it work? I'd much rather have a working IPX than an IPC (which
> > > doesn't work anyway due to the memory problems I haven't had the time to
> > > figure out).
> > > 
> > > TIA
> > > -- 
> > > -Simon Raahauge DeSantis
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> -Simon Raahauge DeSantis
>