23 May
2025
23 May
'25
3:39 p.m.
Hello to the group,
I have been banging my head against a PDP-11/23 where I have an RQDX3 I'm
trying to get to work. Actually, I have two RQDX3's but only one at a time.
It is configured to the factory CSR, 172150, and it has the latest
microcode on it. When I run the XXDP ZRQCH0 formatter I get the following:
RQDX3 Disk Formatter Utility
UNIT IS Formattable Winchester (RDnn) or Floppy (RX33) Drives
RSTRT ADR 145702
DR>STA
CHANGE HW (L) ? Y
# UNITS (D) ? 1
UNIT 0
Enter controller IP Address (O) 172150 ?
What unit do you want to format [0-255] (D) 0 ?
Would you like to revector a single LBN only [Y/N] (L) N ?
Do you want to use the "AUTOFORMAT" Mode [Y/N] (L) Y ? N
ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 000 PC: 105742
Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 002 PC: 105742
Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
ZRQC EOP 1
2 TOTAL ERRS
DR>
I have been booting XXDP and also RT11 over an emulator TU58. And I have a
BDV11 so it has an LTC.
I did try downgrading the microcode on the RQDX3 to the previous version,
3. It was 4. But no luck.
Am I missing something? This should work with an M8186 CPU board, right?
Anyone have any ideas? I haven't yet, but I plan to pop one of these RQDX3s
in my 11/23+ and see if it works there.
-Peter
23 May
23 May
4:51 p.m.
Cable and termination?
On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello to the group,
I have been banging my head against a PDP-11/23 where I have an RQDX3 I'm
trying to get to work. Actually, I have two RQDX3's but only one at a time.
It is configured to the factory CSR, 172150, and it has the latest
microcode on it. When I run the XXDP ZRQCH0 formatter I get the following:
RQDX3 Disk Formatter Utility
UNIT IS Formattable Winchester (RDnn) or Floppy (RX33) Drives
RSTRT ADR 145702
DR>STA
CHANGE HW (L) ? Y
# UNITS (D) ? 1
UNIT 0
Enter controller IP Address (O) 172150 ?
What unit do you want to format [0-255] (D) 0 ?
Would you like to revector a single LBN only [Y/N] (L) N ?
Do you want to use the "AUTOFORMAT" Mode [Y/N] (L) Y ? N
ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 000 PC: 105742
Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 002 PC: 105742
Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
ZRQC EOP 1
2 TOTAL ERRS
DR>
I have been booting XXDP and also RT11 over an emulator TU58. And I have a
BDV11 so it has an LTC.
I did try downgrading the microcode on the RQDX3 to the previous version,
3. It was 4. But no luck.
Am I missing something? This should work with an M8186 CPU board, right?
Anyone have any ideas? I haven't yet, but I plan to pop one of these RQDX3s
in my 11/23+ and see if it works there.
-Peter
6:44 p.m.
Csr correct?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 23, 2025, at 16:58, Bill Degnan via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Cable and termination?
> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> Hello to the group,
>
> I have been banging my head against a PDP-11/23 where I have an RQDX3 I'm
> trying to get to work. Actually, I have two RQDX3's but only one at a time.
> It is configured to the factory CSR, 172150, and it has the latest
> microcode on it. When I run the XXDP ZRQCH0 formatter I get the following:
>
> RQDX3 Disk Formatter Utility
> UNIT IS Formattable Winchester (RDnn) or Floppy (RX33) Drives
> RSTRT ADR 145702
> DR>STA
>
>
> CHANGE HW (L) ? Y
>
>
>
>
> # UNITS (D) ? 1
>
>
> UNIT 0
> Enter controller IP Address (O) 172150 ?
> What unit do you want to format [0-255] (D) 0 ?
> Would you like to revector a single LBN only [Y/N] (L) N ?
> Do you want to use the "AUTOFORMAT" Mode [Y/N] (L) Y ? N
>
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 000 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 002 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
>
> ZRQC EOP 1
> 2 TOTAL ERRS
>
>
> DR>
>
>
> I have been booting XXDP and also RT11 over an emulator TU58. And I have a
> BDV11 so it has an LTC.
>
> I did try downgrading the microcode on the RQDX3 to the previous version,
> 3. It was 4. But no luck.
> Am I missing something? This should work with an M8186 CPU board, right?
>
> Anyone have any ideas? I haven't yet, but I plan to pop one of these RQDX3s
> in my 11/23+ and see if it works there.
>
> -Peter
>
24 May
24 May
6:27 a.m.
I had one of the ends of the 50-wire flat cable get damaged and replaced
it. But it is possible either I did something wrong, or the cable itself
also got damaged.
I don't have anymore of those but I have a new one on the way. So I'll see
when I get it.
Yeah, the CSR is the factory 172150, and both XXDP and RT-11 see a
controller on that address. It gets a vector of 154 which also seems
reasonable compared to my 11/23+.
- Peter
On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Csr correct?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 23, 2025, at 16:58, Bill Degnan via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Cable and termination?
> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> Hello to the group,
>
> I have been banging my head against a PDP-11/23 where I have an RQDX3
I'm
> trying to get to work. Actually, I have two
RQDX3's but only one at a
time.
> It is configured to the factory CSR, 172150,
and it has the latest
> microcode on it. When I run the XXDP ZRQCH0 formatter I get the
following:
>
> RQDX3 Disk Formatter Utility
> UNIT IS Formattable Winchester (RDnn) or Floppy (RX33) Drives
> RSTRT ADR 145702
> DR>STA
>
>
> CHANGE HW (L) ? Y
>
>
>
>
> # UNITS (D) ? 1
>
>
> UNIT 0
> Enter controller IP Address (O) 172150 ?
> What unit do you want to format [0-255] (D) 0 ?
> Would you like to revector a single LBN only [Y/N] (L) N ?
> Do you want to use the "AUTOFORMAT" Mode [Y/N] (L) Y ? N
>
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 000 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 002 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
>
> ZRQC EOP 1
> 2 TOTAL ERRS
>
>
> DR>
>
>
> I have been booting XXDP and also RT11 over an emulator TU58. And I
have a
> BDV11 so it has an LTC.
>
> I did try downgrading the microcode on the RQDX3 to the previous
version,
> 3. It was 4. But no luck.
> Am I missing something? This should work with an M8186 CPU board, right?
>
> Anyone have any ideas? I haven't yet, but I plan to pop one of these
RQDX3s
> in my 11/23+ and see if it works there.
>
> -Peter
>
3:45 p.m.
Nope, turns out my H9278 backplane is killing the controllers.... Who'd a
thunk it.
And please don't ask how I know that now.....
- Peter
On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM Peter Ekstrom <epekstrom(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I had one of the ends of the 50-wire flat cable get
damaged and replaced
it. But it is possible either I did something wrong, or the cable itself
also got damaged.
I don't have anymore of those but I have a new one on the way. So I'll see
when I get it.
Yeah, the CSR is the factory 172150, and both XXDP and RT-11 see a
controller on that address. It gets a vector of 154 which also seems
reasonable compared to my 11/23+.
- Peter
On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Csr correct?
Sent from my iPhone
On May 23, 2025, at 16:58, Bill Degnan via cctalk
<
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Cable and termination?
> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> Hello to the group,
>
> I have been banging my head against a PDP-11/23 where I have an RQDX3
I'm
> trying to get to work. Actually, I have two
RQDX3's but only one at a
time.
> It is configured to the factory CSR, 172150,
and it has the latest
> microcode on it. When I run the XXDP ZRQCH0 formatter I get the
following:
>
> RQDX3 Disk Formatter Utility
> UNIT IS Formattable Winchester (RDnn) or Floppy (RX33) Drives
> RSTRT ADR 145702
> DR>STA
>
>
> CHANGE HW (L) ? Y
>
>
>
>
> # UNITS (D) ? 1
>
>
> UNIT 0
> Enter controller IP Address (O) 172150 ?
> What unit do you want to format [0-255] (D) 0 ?
> Would you like to revector a single LBN only [Y/N] (L) N ?
> Do you want to use the "AUTOFORMAT" Mode [Y/N] (L) Y ? N
>
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 000 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
>
> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR 00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 002 PC: 105742
> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>
>
> ZRQC EOP 1
> 2 TOTAL ERRS
>
>
> DR>
>
>
> I have been booting XXDP and also RT11 over an emulator TU58. And I
have a
> BDV11 so it has an LTC.
>
> I did try downgrading the microcode on the RQDX3 to the previous
version,
> 3. It was 4. But no luck.
> Am I missing something? This should work with an M8186 CPU board,
right?
>
> Anyone have any ideas? I haven't yet, but I plan to pop one of these
RQDX3s
> in my 11/23+ and see if it works there.
>
> -Peter
>
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