[Info-vax] Changed Boot behavior on XP1000 since 2013

[Hans Vlems]

On 4 feb, 13:44, MichaelM <michael.me... at rwe.com> wrote:
> I have tried to use nvram to set the hwc back to 0D and have put "dep -
> b toy:9 0D" into the nvram file:
>
> >>> cat nvram
> dep -b toy:9 0D
> >>> e -b toy:9
> toy:  9  0D
> >>> init
>
> .....
> CPU 0 booting>>> ^C
> >>> e -b toy:9
> toy:  9  5D
> >>> nvram
> >>> e -b toy:9
>
> toy:  9  0D
>
> So a call to nvram will change the year byte, but nvram seems not to
> be called on system boot or after an >>> init.
> Does anyone know how to force nvram to be called before VMS boots?

I noticed that the workaround with nvram works well for a Digital
Server 5305 and Alpha Server 1200
but won't work with an XP1000.
I haven't found a solution yet.
Hans