21 Dec
2022
21 Dec
'22
12:05 p.m.
Merry Christmas, everybody,
I am trying to do the above. ZRQC comes up and says four drives of
unknown type.
Has anybody done this? I figure there must be a configuration that
needs to be done, but found nothing in the documentation to do it.
cheers,
Nigel
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
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21 Dec
21 Dec
5:41 p.m.
On Wed, 21 Dec 2022, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
I am trying to do the above. ZRQC comes up and says
four drives of unknown
type.
Has anybody done this? I figure there must be a configuration that needs to
be done, but found nothing in the documentation to do it.
Have you tried contacting Dave Gesswein directly? He's usually very
responsive to questions, and is a DEC guru.
https://www.pdp8online.com/
Mike Loewen mloewen(a)cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
22 Dec
22 Dec
11:30 a.m.
I'm using several of these, on PRO380s, and on RQDX3s on MicroVAXes
and a BA23 11/73. Lessee, did you create the container file for the
disk? And make sure it's the same file name used in the command line that starts
up the service? Did you do the command that tells the service to start
at system boot time? And, my favorite problem in setting these up - are
the cables plugged in right on both ends of both cables? I had to span
the vector space of linear combinations of plug orientations to get it
to work, since my cables didn't have keyways, and how to plug 'em in was
not obvious. When it works, it works great. Only problem is that I have
to pause a bit after powering on the system, to let the automatic file
backup finish before the 11/73 tries to access it. If you don't get
anywhere, David Gesswein is very helpful sorting out problems.
--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason(a)comcast.net
12:47 p.m.
On Dec 22, 2022, at 3:30 PM, Lee Gleason via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm using several of these, on PRO380s, and on RQDX3s on MicroVAXes
and a BA23 11/73. Lessee, did you create the container file for the
disk? And make sure it's the same file name used in the command line that starts
up the service? Did you do the command that tells the service to start
at system boot time? And, my favorite problem in setting these up - are
the cables plugged in right on both ends of both cables? I had to span
the vector space of linear combinations of plug orientations to get it
to work, since my cables didn't have keyways, and how to plug 'em in was
not obvious. When it works, it works great. Only problem is that I have
to pause a bit after powering on the system, to let the automatic file
backup finish before the 11/73 tries to access it. If you don't get
anywhere, David Gesswein is very helpful sorting out problems.
Worth pointing out is that RDxx device sizes on RQDX3 and on the Pro are not the same,
because the Pro always uses 16 sectors per track even if the device has longer tracks.
Also: the device needs to be formatted.
paul
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