[HECnet] DECserver-550 firmware?

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Oct 11 20:17:20 PDT 2018


On 10/10/2018 01:40 PM, G. wrote:
>>>> Hey folks.  I'm looking for firmware for the DECserver-550, which gets
>>>> downloaded into the terminal server by its boot host.  Does anyone here
>>>> have a copy?  (It seems I have the firmware for every DECserver except
>>>> that..)
>>>
>>> WWENG2.SYS?  Is that right for the DS-550?
>>
>>   No, that's for the 700 and 900.  I think it's DS<nodename>.SYS.  I don't know what the distribution filename would be.
> 
> The distribution name is DS5TSV.SYS and it gets renamed by DSVCONFIG.COM
> during the configuration procedure. I do not know if it's just a rename or
> if the procedure actually adds/modifies something in the image.

  Got it.  I hope to be able to test a -550 with it at the museum this
weekend.  I will let you know how it goes.

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA


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