This and the fact that there is no supported frame buffers for X actually 
makes the "reality" that no VAX platform is fully supported by NetBSD. Yes, 
its unfortunate.

To dump a "good" copy of the PROM very slowly, you can use the Examine 
command to dump out the contents in HEX to the console. If you do this 
while connected to the console via a serial program or using something like 
the DECServer 700.

The good news is, that with a good copy of the prom you can selectively 
repair the damage. I've snarfed a good copy of my VS4k90a (but my 4k90 PROM 
is already toasted) and unfortunately they aren't similar enough to see any 
meaningful differences.

When the system starts, what banner does it print? The interesting bits are 
does it print the speed of the system in Mhz? and what version of VMB does 
it have?

--Chuck

At 05:56 PM 3/10/02 +0100, Lieven Blancke wrote:
>jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
> >
> > On  9 Mar, Lieven Blancke wrote:
> >
> > > When my VS4000/96 boots, i get the following errors:
> > > ?? 003   3        DZ 0112
> > Keyboard not present error?
>
>I can type "boot", so the keyboard works.
>
> > > ?? 000   8       SYS 0512
> > This is the "my PROM was damaged by NetBSD" error. Yes. NetBSD does
> > permanet damage to the VS4k90 PROM. Unfortunately nobody was able to
> > track this down and to work out a solution for this up to now.
>
>Hey, I am really disappointed here! NetBSD puts this hardware on their
>"Supported System Models" list, and it does permanent damage to the PROM?
>Somehow, I feel ripped off.
>
>Is this PROM damage really an issue? When I type "boot" NetBSD seems to work
>OK.
>
>Thanx,
>Lieven
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