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In <4qj3i7$6hp@hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au> J.Vandegeyn@mailbox.uq.oz.au writes:

>Hi, I am having trouble setting up a new nvram chip in my sun3/80.
>I have followed the instructions in the nvram.faq but no matter what 
>I try it keeps on coming up with an ID PROM invalid message.
>As host ID I have tried several different numbers as the 2nd 3rd and 4th 
>but no luck at all. Always using 42 as the first number.

The HostID is the hex representation of the serial number appended to the 
end of the machine type (which is also a hex number). 

When I had to reprogram the NVRAM in my gateway machine (an SS1) using
serial and ethernet numbers I made up (since I had no record of what the
should have been as I bought the machine with a dead NVRAM battery), I
used a method in a FAQ found at the Sun-3 Archive to reprogram the
information using ROM monitor commands. I have a link to this site on
'http://www.zeta.org.au/~craig/srk_sunfaq.html'. 

Regards,

Craig.
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