On Mar 29 2005, 15:47, Heinz Wolter wrote:
> M8190, 2 megs ram, rqdx3 controller..
> booted Jonathon E.'s modified vtserver to run boot.dd and
> the ZRQCH0.BIN dumped in E11 from xxdp25.rl02 pathed for boot.dd..
> then tried to format a proper (sadly prev. PC formatted) RD54
> on an M9058 distrib. card (one drive, DS set to DS3, and terminated)
> (I've also got all 4WP/drive ready switches/leds attached but none
show
> activity on bootup.. so it looks like ZRQCH0 never even talks
> to the RD54)
>
> 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
>
> Anyone know what these error messages below mean? Am I using
> the wrong image for an RQDX3 - maybe ZRQCH0.BIN wants an RQDX2?
No, ZRQC is specifically for an RQDX3, and H0 is the proper version for
an RD54. It wouldn't work with an RQDX2 (you need ZRQBCx for that).
Have you got the correct ROMs in the RQDX3? Correct jumper settings
(standard address set on W1-W11, W12-W17 not fitted, W23 should have
jumpers between 1-2 and 3-4 for most firmware versions)? Which
connectors do you have the drive connected to (should be J1 and J5)?
Do you have the terminator resistor pack on the drive itself?
"Fatal Controller Error" sounds like the controller isn't doing what
the diagnostic expects. Does the RQDX3 pass the self-test? It has a
small LED on it; that should go out about 3 seconds after power-up if
it passes the selftest. If it doesn't, disconnect the drive and try
the power-up selftest again.
I've never run ZRQC (or indeed most XXDPv2 diagnostics) the way you're
doing it. Are you sure that works?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Mar 29 2005, 15:47, Heinz Wolter wrote:
> M8190, 2 megs ram, rqdx3 controller..
> booted Jonathon E.'s modified vtserver to run boot.dd and
> the ZRQCH0.BIN dumped in E11 from xxdp25.rl02 pathed for boot.dd..
> then tried to format a proper (sadly prev. PC formatted) RD54
> on an M9058 distrib. card (one drive, DS set to DS3, and terminated)
One more thought... some of the manuals say to set the drive to DS3.
With an M9058 it shouldn't matter; the drive selects are all tied
together on each of J1, J2, J3, J4, each of which is fed by a separate
drive select from J12 (the 50-way connection to the RQDX3). For
example, J1-26 is fed from J12-30, which is DrvSel.3. Except that
there's a removable link for each connector, between DS0 (pin 26) and
DS1/2/3 (pins 28/30/32 - DS1/2/3 are hardwired together); make sure
that link hasn't been removed.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Have you tried using the append command? You can put ~512 files
in the root and then the rest in directories, but the OS will treat
all files within the append "path" as being from the same place.
By using the append command, you can tell the OS to look in the
other directories without having to declare the directories in your
code. It sounds like each file name is unique so it should work
(?)
append a:;a:\1;a:\2
-Bill
>
>MS-DOS 3.3 has a limit of 512 entries in the root directory. I have a
>need to put more than this.
>
>Was there ever a way to put more than 512 files in the root directory?
>Some sort of patch or utility?
>
>Did previous or subsequent versions of MS-DOS allow more entries in the
>root?
>
>Another question:
>
>When using the SUBST command in MS-DOS, you cannot aparently substitute
>the C: drive. I seem to recall that MS-DOS 6.0 allowed this, although
I
>might be confusing that with the ability of LANtastic to redirect
the C:
>drive to a network drive.
>
>At any rate, what I'm trying to do is overcome the limit of 512 file
>entries in an MS-DOS 3.3 root directory.
>
>Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
>
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On Mar 29 2005, 14:29, David Holland wrote:
> I've had pretty good luck hexediting w/ khexedit (part of KDE). It
> does have a insert/delete mode.
>
> Albeit that involves Linux/KDE, and is fairly fat.
> On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 18:04 -0800, Eric Smith wrote:
> > Jay wrote:
> > > Was just looking for something more high level, and perhaps
something that
> > > would read the data into a file, and let you edit it with
something akin
> > > to a hex editor, then punch back out, etc.
> >
> > I use Emacs Hexl-mode for that.
I use "hexedit", one of the curses-based ones. Lightweight,
extendable. On my SGI Indy/Irix 5.3, the binary is 25328 bytes.
http://merd.sourceforge.net/pixel/hexedit.htmlhttp://merd.net/pixel/hexedit-1.2.10.src.tgz
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
My wife has made the mistake of asking me what I wanted for my birthday.
Most of the suggestions I could make she wouldn't be able to understand
or find. This led me onto a thought process about the ideal "computer
play area".
Insulated 20' X 20' room
one wall entirely covered in shelving
raised floor
extreme airconditioning
oversized chair with U-shaped table for work area
power strips everywhere
tools for anything
phone to call and order more "stuff"
refrig for food and drink
no need to sleep
Enough money to buy any classic computer I desired and no interruptions
for work or chores.
These were the last thoughts I had as I drifted off to sleep. Maybe
I'll work on this dream a little more tonight.
I've heard that some prisoners develop an alternate world with
activities that keep them sane.
Mike
Does anybody have an Altair 8800b that they'd be willing to disassemble
and scan the faceplate? That's all :-) Or maybe somebody has already done
this? I'd like to find a nice high resolution scan of the 8800b front panel
if I can.
Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
Hi,
I have a small issue with printing out the ASCII char set, from $20 to $7E inclusive.
The 8251 initialisation is okay 'cos I ran a small program to print a single char to the
TTY and it worked fine. So, I thought I'd expand on this to transmit the printable ASCII
char set to the TTY (actually, Hyperterm). However, it jusat transmits spaces. I've
tried a few variations and it never prints the chars properly.
I'm figuring that there is a problem with my logic, but as I don't have a SC/MP programming
manual and I can't see the forest due to the trees, I'm hoping someone here on this list
with some SC/MP programming knowledge maybe able to offer some assistance.
The P1 register is pointing to the 8251 data port, and 1(1) points it to the control/status port.
ktest:
ldi $20 ;First char is ASCII 'space'
kt1:
xae ;temp save in E-reg/exchange the A and E regs
kt2:
ld 1(1) ;get UART status
ani $01 ;Tx Ready?
jz kt2 ;No, keep checking
lde ;Yes, get char
st (1) ;Tx the char
scl ;carry = 1
adi $00 ;add 0 + carry
xae ;save to E reg
lde ;move back to A reg
xri $7f ;gone too far?
jz ktest ;yes, start at SPACE again
jmp kt1 ;no, print it
Basically, I load the A reg with ASCII $20 (SPACE) and save it to the E reg.
Then I check the 8251 TX Ready flag and when ready I get the ASCII char from the
E reg and transmit it. The char is still in the A reg after the transmission, so I set
the carry bit and add $00 (ie incrementing the A reg). I then save this value in the
E reg and then load it back to the A reg - thereby both A and E regs have the same
value. I then check if I have hit the end by destroying the A reg with the XRI instruction.
If I haven't hit the end ($7F) yet, I go back to "kt1", whcih relaods the A reg with the
char and then it goes on to print this char. If it's at the end then it goes back to "ktest"
to start back at ASCII $20 and does it over again.
I've done this heaps of time with the 8080 processors and don't know why it's not doing
it with the SC/MP.
Also, I have some SC/MP listings about and one of them has "LD @0(P2)" instruction.
>From what I know, and this maybe totally wrong, the "@" is an auto-increment/auto-
decrement bit and you must specify the displacement for the inc/dec. If this is the case,
then what does the "0" that immediately follows the "@" do? I would expect to see a
value other than "0" to ensure the P2 register is inc/dec by the appropriate amount.
Please, old SC/MP dudes, any help would be greatly appreciated.
river
I might have asked this on here before a while back.....
But does anyone on here have any dssi-->hsd cables. I've got a storage
rack which has the potential to be 12x9gb scsi storage for my
vaxcluster. But I have the wrong cables. The cables I have go between
(I think) 2 hsd devices. I need a couple of cables to connect to a
4000, can anyone help.
Thanks
Dan
It got dropped off this afternoon -- Now I actually have to learn about the
durned thing... ;-)
It's SCSI (of course) with a 2G hard drive & CD-ROM reader ( I have a 2x
burner that may work well in it...) -- it has an S3-Virge based VGA card
with what appears to be 2 outputs; it's weird as it seems to be a 2-piece
card with one interface on each card, and each card plugging into 1/2 of a
Zorro slot (At least that's what I assume they are...) and the cards have a
small bridge-cable between them. It might be a CyberVision 64/3D based on
the description of that board, but I'm not sure, as it has no picture.
It's got the stock A3640 processor card, but I do not know the speed of the
CPU as it's got a heatsink on it -- I'll have to spark 'er up when I get a
chance, but that may not be for a couple of weeks or so...
All the RAM slots are full, so it would prolly have 16Meg onboard (I'm
guessing) - but no extra ZorroIII boards for memory...
It also seems to have some onboard video with a DF?23P but no monitor or
anything - I'm assuming they did not use that video port. Other than the
VGA card, it seems stock or nearly so - most slots are empty, it does not
have a network card or modem...
... And Holymygoodness, the sucker's not even ontopic! It was made by
"QuikPak Corp." and was made in January of '98!!! :-O
So, if you're gonna whack me on the 10-year rule, just unread this message
back to the beginning and forget you opened it. ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Russell Nelson
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