Interactive Sun IDPROM Reset Tool — M48T02 / M48T08 / M48T59

Interactive web tool that automatically generates the OpenBoot mkp commands to reprogram the IDPROM after replacing or battery-modding any Sun timekeeper NVRAM chip — M48T02, M48T08, M48T18, M48T35, M48T59 — on a SPARCstation.

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Locked Out: Clearing the Firmware Password on Vintage Sun Workstations

How to bypass and clear a firmware password on Sun SPARCstations and Ultras when the timekeeper chip has lost its memory

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Burning a New SPARCstation 1 PROM

How to upgrade the OpenBoot PROM on a SPARCstation 1 using a MiniPRO TL866II Plus programmer

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Sun Boot ROM and Firmware Image Archive

Downloadable OpenBoot PROM and firmware images for Sun workstations and servers

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Last OpenBoot PROM Versions for Sun Workstations

Reference table of the final OBP firmware versions available for each Sun workstation model

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Fixing a Corrupted TOD Clock on SunOS 4.1.4

How to recover a SunOS 4.1.4 system that won't boot after setting a modern date corrupted the time-of-day chip

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Resetting IDPROM on Sun Workstations

How to reprogram the IDPROM on sun4c, sun4m, sun4d, and sun4u workstations

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