Re: [ES40-developers] Interesting messages from Tru64
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Re: [ES40-developers] Interesting messages from Tru64
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From: Brian W. <bdw...@in...> - 2008-02-28 02:22:24
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On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 01:44 +0100, Fausto Saporito wrote: > Hello Brian, > > but where can I found the media and license for $100? > From HP site? ebay? > > thanks, > fausto > You can probably find the media on ebay, but the license is usually tied to a machine. Judging by the lack of hits on the HP site, it doesn't look like they are doing it anymore...which isn't surprising since the last order date for AXP was last year sometime and there's no real development going on. Brian > Quoting Brian Wheeler <bdw...@in...>: > > > There used to be one offered by Compaq, but I don't know if HP carried > > it forward. For $100 you got media and a license of some sort. > > > > If you can find a copy of the media, you can run it and do some basic > > things without having the OSF-BASE license PAK. > > > > Technically, I think the only way to run Tru64 with any enjoyment (and > > legally) is to have a license. That said, I have heard of someone that > > found a way to generate valid licenses on VMS. With the ability to do > > that, you could generate an OSF-BASE license...both VMS' LICENSE and > > OSF's lmf use the same validation methods. > > > > Brian > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 19:28 +0100, Fausto Saporito wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> about this subject, i'm wondering if there's an hobbyist license for Tru64. > >> Do you know if it's possible to subscribe such kind of licensing? > >> > >> thanks, > >> fausto > >> > >> Quoting Brian Wheeler <bdw...@in...>: > >> > >> > Turns out that the temperatures aren't actually in BCD but in degrees > >> > Celsius. This patch is a minor refactor of DPR, plus a change to the > >> > keyboard driver to ignore the the make/break commands so it'll come up > >> > with the vga card inserted. I'm going gather up a tru64 license and see > >> > if I can get cde to run. I'll probably also try the networking. > >> > > >> > Brian > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 14:35 +0100, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: > >> >> Hi Brian, > >> >> > >> >> The ES40 has a management processor that takes care of monitoring > >> >> power suppies, fans, and other hardware bits and pieces. It is > >> >> extremely difficult to find any information about this. I managed to > >> >> find some info in the ES40 service manual, and basically played a lot > >> >> with things to get them to show up properly in SRM. > >> >> > >> >> The management processor communicates with SRM - and I presume with > >> >> the OS - through a thing called Dual-Port-RAM. One port is connected > >> >> to the system bus, another to the management-processor. A lot of the > >> >> bytes are places where the OS can read device information, but in some > >> >> locations, the OS can deposit commands for the management-processor. > >> >> The following copmmands were found out through trial-and-error and > >> >> partial reverse engineering of SRM: > >> >> > >> >> Address locations for commands: > >> >> // 0xf9: buffer size > >> >> // 0xfb:fa qualifier / address > >> >> // 0xfc: completion code (0 = ok, 80 = error, 81 = invalid code, 82 > >> >> = invalid qualifier) > >> >> // 0xfd: rmc command id for response > >> >> // 0xfe: command code > >> >> // 0xff: rmc command id for command > >> >> > >> >> Command codes: > >> >> // 01: update EEPROM > >> >> // 02: update baud rate > >> >> // 03: write to OCP > >> >> // F0: update RMC flash > >> >> > >> >> It could very well be that there are more commands I don't know about, > >> >> and a failure to respond to these in a satisfactory manner may well be > >> >> the cause of the power supply failures and temperature warnings. > >> >> > >> >> You can find most of what I managed to find out in DPR.cpp. Mind you, > >> >> this is some of the oldest and least-touched code in the emulator. It > >> >> has not changed (other than some of the standard changes that have > >> >> been made to the entire emulator) for well over a year, and a lot of > >> >> my comments are still in Dutch. (I'm sorry about that...) It might be > >> >> a good idea to put some read/write tracers in DPR.cpp, and try to > >> >> figure out what Tru64 is doing with these. > >> >> > >> >> Camiel. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Brian Wheeler > >> <bdw...@in...> wrote: > >> >> > I did a full install from dqb0 to dqa0 and while there were some > >> >> > timeouts (this build was before I started on the interrupt > >> resend code) > >> >> > it installed and configured correctly (I left it run unattended > >> >> > overnight). > >> >> > > >> >> > However, once it came up, it started announcing hardware failures :) > >> >> > > >> >> > ----------------- > >> >> > Broadcast Message from ro...@tr... (???) at 23:37 ... > >> >> > > >> >> > The redundant power supply has failed. > >> >> > > >> >> > Broadcast Message from ro...@tr... (???) at 23:37 ... > >> >> > > >> >> > The system temperature is high. Possible reasons are > >> >> > a clogged air filter or a high ambient room temperature. > >> >> > The system will shut down in 14 minutes and 0 seconds.. > >> >> > ------------------ > >> >> > > >> >> > So...is there any documentation for the hardware monitoring stuff? > >> >> > > >> >> > Brian > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > >> >> > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > >> >> > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > Es40-developers mailing list > >> >> > Es4...@li... > >> >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/es40-developers > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > >> >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > >> >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Es40-developers mailing list > >> >> Es4...@li... > >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/es40-developers > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Es40-developers mailing list > >> Es4...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/es40-developers > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Es40-developers mailing list > > Es4...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/es40-developers > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Es40-developers mailing list > Es4...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/es40-developers |
