🚀 go-pugleaf

Last month I sent out a warning about Sun Canada shipping bad 3/60
boot PROMs.  If you remember, it is claimed that older 3/60's need
new PROMs to boot SunOS 4.0 because it is distributed in QIC-24
format (some have cast doubt on this claim).

Well, last week I finally got a working PROM.  I had previously been
shipped four bad PROMs, one at a time.  The most surprising part
about this was that after the first two bad ones, Sun had determined
(at my PROMpting) that they had a bad batch.  But then they cooked
up another bad batch, and sent one to me without checking.  And
another still!

The hardware support person I dealt with at Sun was very friendly
and helpful.  But the bottom line is that I still got four bad PROMS,
one at a time.

I certainly got practice changing PROMs.  And my socket is nicely
broken in.  Oh, and Sun now says they want my large collection of
old PROMs back.  Here I thought that they were my compensation for
aggravation.

Remember, 3/60 PROMs differ from other Sun boot PROMs.  My new one
claims to be 1.6 (my old one was 1.5).

Hugh Redelmeier
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