sorry, the technical manual actually, which has an architecture *chapter*
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/650/
The idea, eventually, is that I will publish my notes so that you wouldn't
need the logic analyzer, at least for the 8MB board. I just had it hooked
up, so I demoed it. The notes will include a mapping of bits and adresses
to ICs so that you can narrow down which chip from just the ROM monitor. I
don't have a 16MB board, but somebody could honestly probably figure out
the mapping with a logic probe if they had to, just probe /cas while
writing various test addresses, then check the data line while writing
various test patterns. I also came up with some data that produces useful
ECC bits, like all 1s, all 0s, one bit set only, and one bit clear only.
That will also be in the notes when I write it up.
On Sun, Jun 16, 2019, 3:25 AM Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
That is really interesting, sadly I don't have
quite as much gear as you,
I only have a basic logic analyser, but I am not currently trying to fix a
MS650 memory board. You mentioned a KA650 architecture manual and you had a
PDF of it in the video. I couldn't find it on Manx? Where can I find it?
Thanks
Rob
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Subject: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)
Hey Everyone,
I just thought I'd share a video of how I'm going about troubleshooting
the
bad DRAMs on my MS650 memory board.
https://youtu.be/eDMhdAEFEgc
I apologize for the shaky-cam, I don't have a tripod, and I needed to do
a
lot
of panning anyway.
I will be sharing my notes on the MS650 once I have a chance to write
them
up properly as well. I wasn't able to find a
printset for the RAM card
itself, so I
assume one doesn't exist in digital form yet.
I have documented what bit
and
memory range each DRAM on the card corresponds
to, which may help
someone troubleshooting in the future
Regards,
Joe Zatarski