Subject: Re: stuff
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Adam Glass <glass@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
List: port-sun3
Date: 03/05/1994 20:21:13
> > Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 06:43:31 -0800
> > From: Adam Glass <glass@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
> 
> > would *REALLY* like to hear some success stories, or details about
> > people working on drivers.
> 
> Success stories?  Sure!
> 
> I tried out what was available as of noon last Wednesday (2/23)
> and it booted successfully on my Sun3/60M (8MB).  The SunOS
> /sbin/init and /bin/sh mostly work <(gave me a prompt) but "echo *"
> worked only in the root directory for some reason.
> 

interesting.  I've been using the NetBSD/m68k stuff with some success.

> Last evening I tried out what was available as of Tuesday morning
> (3/1) and it almost worked.  It booted up, but as soon as it tried
> to read from the prom console my PROM generated a "Watchdog reset!".
> It appears that later PROM versions (I have 3.01) do not like having
> the NMI clock turned off for very long.  I'll try the version of
> the prom console thing I had working before and let you know...

ahh.. thus explaining the diffs you sent later.  my test machine is a
8mb 3/50 so i haven't tried it recently on a 3/60.

> 
> As for details about people working on drivers:
> I was away for the weekend so I haven't done anything yet.  Soon.
> 
> Gordon W. Ross  		Mercury Computer Systems

cool.  Always good to hear relative success stories.

later,
Adam Glass

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