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83X8882
Remote Program Load Users Guide (Jun 87)
GG24-3892-0
Remote Initial Program Load for OS 2 and NetWare (Oct 92)
25F8922 5.25" Sample Programs v2.0 (360 KB image)
25F8921 3.5" Sample Programs v2.0 (720 KB image)
IBM_PCLP_13 IBM PC LAN Program 1.3 (3.5" format)
(Michal Necasek - There was an update to 1.34)
Introduction
RPL ROM Images
Notes
Introduction
Remote Program Load (RPL) aka Remote Initial Program Load
(RIPL) allows you to load application programs (incl. the operating system)
from another computer on the IBM Token-Ring Network, without using a disk or
diskette drive on the receiving computer.
A Remote Program Load Module (RPL ROM) must be installed on the IBM
Token-Ring Network adapter in the receiving computer for the RPL procedure to
work.
RPL ROM Images
ROM
P/N | Version | ROM BIOS
Ext. Size | Copyright | ROM
Size | Pkg. | ASIC
Used | Supported Adapters |
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| 67X0406 | 342287 | 6 KB (0Ch) | 1986 | 27(C)32 | DIP-24 | Spyglass | 8-bit 4Mbps |
| 83X7887 | 342287? | 6 KB (0Ch) | 1986 | 27(C)64 | DIP-28 | Spyglass | MCA 4Mbps, 16/4 8-bit, Early 16/4 MCA |
| 83X9180 | A33861A | 6 KB (0Ch) | 11/05/1986 | 27(C)64 | DIP-28 | Spyglass | MCA 4Mbps, 16/4 8-bit, Early 16/4 MCA |
| 25F8923 | A33861C | 6 KB (0Ch) | 1988 | 27(C)64 | DIP-28 | Spyglass | MCA 4Mbps, 16/4 8-bit, Early 16/4 MCA |
| 74F9686/87 (µC ROM) | A33861D, "2.0" | 6 KB (0Ch) | 09/01/88 | 27C256x2 (µC) | µC ROM int. | Pinegrove | MCA 16/4, FRU P/N 74F9321 |
| 60G2483/84 (µC ROM) | A33861E, "2.0" | 6 KB (0Ch) | 09/01/88 | 27C256x2 (µC) | µC ROM int. | Pinegrove Shrink | MCA 16/4, FRU P/N 74F9415 |
| 60G2541 | C41878L, "3.0" | 6 KB (0Ch) | 12/08/1994 | 27C256x2 (µC) | µC ROM int. | 10H4710 | MCA "Auto", FRU P/N 92G7695 |
| 03F0293 | v1.00, 920508 | 16 KB (20h) | 1988, 1993 | 27(C)256 | DIP-28 | Spyglass | Early 16/4 ISA |
| 03F0228 | v1.00, 920626 | 16 KB (20h) | 1988, 1992 | 27(C)256 | DIP-28 | Spyglass | Early 16/4 ISA |
ROMs dumped and list compiled by David L. Beem (original
HERE). Updated 18 Sep 2024
Notes
The remote boot ROM/code is Token Ring only. It’s possible to adapt the
sample program to Ethernet but it won’t run as is (the send buffer it
allocates is 2K, while IBM’s 802.2 stack only supports up to ~1.5K for
Ethernet).
The RPL User’s Guide is quite useful and probably the best documentation
available. There were other editions of the RPL User’s Guide but I’ve not
seen those. Over time the support was built into server products (PCLP 1.3, LAN
Server) so it the detailed low-level documentation wasn’t as important.
I’m actually unsure how much code the DOS LAN Services shared with PCLP;
there could well have been some. The biggest(?) difference was that PCLP
provided a DOS-based peer to peer network while DLS was AFAIK strictly clients
on the DOS side, no file sharing from DOS machines.
Though I think it’s fair to say that DLS replaced PCLP in IBM’s product
portfolio as the servers shifted away from DOS.
WBST: As with many things IBM, names morph over time as Marketing input
sways decisions. IBM's DOS PC LAN Program became "DOS LAN Services" (v4.0
latest?) as distributed with IBM's Warp Server v4.0 (Warp 3 based) and on the
ServerGuide CDs.
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