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In <4rrgl7$j58@newsbf02.news.aol.com> samsz@aol.com (SAMSZ) writes:

>What is the standard factory-pre-programmed
>password for the PROM on them?

There isn't one. The default configuration is for no PROM password, and
the security level set to nothing. If you inherited the 3/260 it's likely
that the previous administrator created his own PROM password and enabled
some level of PROM security. 

>Is there a way of wiping the PROM password
>without destroying all the data in the PROM
>(i.e. taking out the chip and sticking
>it out into sunlight)?

You can't do that becasue it's an EEPROM, meaning that it has to be
electrically erased. Before Sun made the decision to switch to
battery-backed CMOS RAM's with integral RTC's on chip, they used SEEQ
branded EEPROM's alongside a seperate Intersil 7170 RTC. These devices
(the SEEQ EEPROM's) don't have the clear window that conventional EPROM's
have. 

>Can the model 3/260 (Server) be made to boot
>off a SCSI hard disk?
>(there _appears_ to be a SCSI bus (controller
>if you like) built into it and running the
>tape drive - not sure about this so check
>that as well!)

Yes. If you connect a SCSI disk up to the card, you can then boot from it.
The EEPROM can be configured so that the machien will boot from a
partition on a SCSI disk automatically, or you can manually boot it from
the same disk. 

>If the answer to the previous question is
>positive (i.e. yes (will also accept maybe,
>perhaps, etc.)), then: How?

>If NOT :( , what can it boot off (type of hard
>disk, or should I say _fixed disk_ to be
>more flexible - you never know)?

3/260's can boot off SCSI tape and SCSI disk (assuming a SCSI controller
is fitted), as well as an SMD drive (if an SMD controller is fitted). 
They can also boot off the network from another machine via the ethernet
port. 

>What version of UNIX can I run on it
>(Solaris version 1, I believe, but not
>sure - check please)?

SunOS 4.1.1u1 is the very latest that would run on it, which is circa
1991. You can also run NetBSD, which is much more current (it's under
continuous development). 

Regards,

Craig.
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