• Stumbling towards the light at the end of the tunnel...

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 16 15:45:29 2023
    Brought in a Model 90 off the porch. I see it has the Voicetype /
    Dictation adapter in it. Huh, wonder what else....

    MAJ Tom, would a Type 1 Upgrade DX2-66 [FLASH] be able to use a Type 4 convenience partition on a Model 90?

    The Type 1 Upgrade DX2-66 would have the enhanced complex BIOS, enabling
    it to use the Corvette.

    I wonder if the Upgrade DX2-66 BIOS is a fork off of the "N"?

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  • From Tomas Slavotinek@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Fri Jan 20 21:19:47 2023
    On 16.01.2023 22:45, Louis Ohland wrote:
    Brought in a Model 90 off the porch. I see it has the Voicetype /
    Dictation adapter in it. Huh, wonder what else....

    MAJ Tom, would a Type 1 Upgrade DX2-66 [FLASH] be able to use a Type 4 convenience partition on a Model 90?

    Possibly, but at the very least you would have to install a modified
    $BOOT.IML (it contains a list of compatible model/submodel values among
    other things).

    The Type 1 Upgrade DX2-66 would have the enhanced complex BIOS, enabling
    it to use the Corvette.

    I wonder if the Upgrade DX2-66 BIOS is a fork off of the "N"?

    No, because the T1 Upg 66 platform is older than the T4 "N". But it may
    be the other way around - speaking strictly about the (C)BIOS portion.
    The T4 POST code is a direct evolution of the T3 POST (not surprising
    since they use the same complex architecture, aside from the cache
    subsystem and the obvious integration differences).

    I'll need a dump of the flash image to find where exactly the Upg 66
    fits in the FW family tree.

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