DAT-heads Digest #825

Contents:
  Re: DDS Drive upgrade help ("Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.")


From: "Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr." <wayne@hoxnet.com>
Subject: Re: DDS Drive upgrade help
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 08:05:17 -0500

Dano wrote:
> Hello, I was going through some boxes of mine and found a nice DDS drive
> for my PC. In hopes to get it running to transfer some DATs of mine, I
> installed it, downloaded the audio firmware with fup.exe and tried to run
> it. Unfortunately, it didn't work as I hoped.
> 
> The drive came from a Sun system and has the firmware:
> ARCHIVE Python 02635-XXX596A
> 
> When I run the fup program, I get "Firmware download not supported by
> normal fup update"
> 
> Can anyone here help me out on this or maybe provide me with some
> updatable firmware?
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan
> 

If I'm not mistaken (and I very well may be) this model uses a socketed 
EEPROM and the chip must be removed and flashed with a conventional 
EEPROM programmer.  The circuitry of the drive itself has no provisions 
to do this.  The firmware for these is available; however, it is not 
user flashable.

-- 
Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.


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