[Info-vax] rx2600 hardware question

[Dave Froble]

On 3/10/2019 4:12 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 3/10/2019 6:54 AM, Hans Vlems wrote:
>> My rx2600 is missing (at least) one pin on the large connector that
>> interfaces to a PCI cardcage. Several years back I bought a used main
>> board, which did not work: invalid/mismatching system id(s)
>>
>> Luckily Hein van den Heuvel wanted to get rid of an rx2600 so I bought
>> a mainboard plus the frontpanel board (the blinken led’s board).
>> I just swapped that little board and got the same error 55:
>> invalid/mismatching system id(s)
>>
>> There is an exchange of information about id’s  between these main and
>> frontpanel boards.
>
> Yes, from everything I've been able to discover, there is.
>
> Was the software to manipulate the ids ever released to the general public?
>
> No, not so far as I know.  When I was an HP employee (Oracle DBA -
> 2006-2009) I meant to download the stuff but I never could find it and
> then it was too late.  If you have a real good friend in HP you might be
> able to get a copy.  I'm still looking.  I have a dead Rx2660 that I'd
> switch mainboards on but I'm afraid I'd get the same error and have no
> way to fix it..

Just wondering, has anyone asked David Turner?


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