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From: seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: How do you set the default BOOT device on a VS3200?
Message-ID: <12835@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 12 Dec 90 01:49:35 GMT
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In article <1990Dec11.154251.9252@decuac.dec.com> murphy@burfle.dco.dec.com writes:
>In article <90341.154758KENCB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>,
>KENCB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>>    PLEASE, how can I set the default BOOT device to XQA0 on a
>>VS3200!?
>Brad Wherry had the right answer (SET BOOT XQA0) but..
>There are two major revisions of the console ROMs on KA650 processors.
  <stuff deleted...>
>I doubt that there's any FCO to upgrade the ROMs. 
>Rick Murphy, WA1SPT/4			DEC Washington ULTRIX Resource Center

actually, there is... but you get it for a different reason...
If you unpacked your old 3xxx family machine (prior to March 1989)
and snooped around, you found a "release note" in the box warning you
of a bug in the CQBIC chip (Cmos Q Bus Interface Chip).
This only affects those of us who use foreign, or old DEC peripherals
in gay profusion on the Qbus....
So DEC does have an FCO out on the 3200's CPU card, which involves swapping
it.  Which is how --> i <-- found out about the two ROM codes, as we had
all of ours swapped (under warranty).
good luck
--dick