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Re: Re (2): SparcStation 2 POST



On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 04:04:54PM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> For routine use, yes, use video (if you have it and want it).  For
> early debugging, on Suns of that era, nothing beats serial.

Was it Sun 3 (3/60) that was able to "boot" to serial console
even with no RAM installed? :-)  It was using just the 68020
CPU registers for data storage.

I'm not sure if I ever tried this on my SS1's..

  -jm



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