Chapter 4 PA-RISC Computer Systems - OpenPA.net

HP 9000/743i & 744 VME Workstation ROM update
� Micro-DB25 female parallel (See Note 1)
� Micro-DB15 15-pin AUI 10 Mbit Ethernet (See Note 1)
� Micro-DB15 VGA graphics (See Note 1)
� Two PS/2 connectors for keyboard & mouse
� Micro-DB9 for audio breakout (See Note 1)
Notes
1. These micro-connectors need HP conversion cables to provide the normal-sized versions of their respective connectors
4.10.4 ROM update
There is an firmware update available for the 744, which contains the latest version (4.4).
� PF_C7440044.txt 28 has details about the contents and installation of the patch.
� PF_C7440044 29 contains the patch.
4.10.5 References
Manuals
� 743 Owner’s Guide 30 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
� 743, 744 and 748 Technical Reference Manual 31 (PDF, 2.2 MB)
� 744 Owner’s Guide 32 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
� HP Model 748 Service Handbook 33 (.pdf, 3.6 MB)
4.10.6 Operating systems
� HP-UX: every 32-bit release from 10.20-11.11 works.
� Linux
– 10.20
– 11.00 and 11i v1
� OpenBSD
28 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_C7440044.txt
29 ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/cpu/PF_C7440044
30 http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/docs/platforms/743_owners.pdf
31 http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/docs/platforms/743_744_748_techref.pdf
32 http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/docs/platforms/744_owners.pdf
33 http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/docs/platforms/748-service-handbook.pdf
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