[Info-vax] Another hobbiest rx2600

[Steven Schweda]

VAXm... at sendspamhere.org wrote:

> Is there any reason to upgrade this firmware?

   Fixes?  Features?  OS support?  "Mine's up-to-dater than
yours!"?  Boy, if only those firmware update kits had release
notes.  But, wait! ...

   I like to live on the edge, so I loaded "Management
Processor Revision: E.03.32" onto my systems last night.  It
was somewhat less exciting than the previous update.  I did try
out the Web interfaceto the MP, though.  That was a thrill.

>   Reports have it that if
> the upgrade should fail, you are left with a brain-damaged Itanium and
> there is no fail-safe loader mechanism whereby you can recover.  I al-
> ready have one MP brain-damaged rx2600; should I risk another?

   As I always say, "Chance is a fool's name for Fate."