[OpenIndiana-discuss] Offtopic question to old SPARC users

[James Carlson]

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On 11/22/2013 5:45 PM, Jim Klimov wrote:
> My hunch would be a dead battery on CMOS, or whatever the analog of
> one would be. Any ideas where it might be located, and what model 
> it is (like CR2032 on Intel-compatibles)? Any more ideas?

Ouch.  If it is the NVRAM/clock battery that's going bad, you'll soon
have a brick on your hands.  It won't be long until it starts saying
"the IDPROM contents are invalid" and refuses to boot at all.

I would use the remaining time to plan a transition.  I know it's not
what you want to hear.  But there are ETL companies out there who
specialize in understanding old databases and transitioning the
workload onto modern, faster, cheaper, better machines.

Barring that, here's the FAQ about those old NVRAM devices:

http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq

I'd suggest trying www.mouser.com, www.jameco.com, or www.digikey.com.

Unless you're operating a hardware museum, there's probably not a lot
of call to keep a 16 year old system consuming 1.664KW of power.  It's
time to put the old girl down.  :-/

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James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
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