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Re: NVRAM's in older Sparcstations

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From: J.B.G.
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 00:00
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In comp.sys.sun.hardware Craig Dewick <cdewick@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:

Agreed.  I JUST bought a new NVRAM for my SS1.  $17.90 USD, not too
shabby.  Read the Sun NVRAM FAQ for dealers.  Congrats on the monitor
though.

: No way!

: You can buy unprogrammed NVRAM's from larger electronics retailers. Here in
: Australia I source them directly from the local distributor of SGS-Thomson
: semiconductor products (in a tube-lot, but US retailers often sell them
: individually) and they are quite simple to program using ROM monitor
: commands. 

                                                                Jim Galvin
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http://204.192.48.123/~jbg                       Intercap Graphics Systems
                                                        UNIX Administrator
                                            Anne Arundel Community College
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Subject: Re: NVRAM's in older Sparcstations
Date: 1998/11/02
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