5 Jul
2001
5 Jul
'01
1:34 a.m.
Here's a clip from my website with some pointers:
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XXDP -- I downloaded this, but haven't used it yet. It is my
understanding that this is required to setup the RQDX3.
manual: http://www.conknet.com/~w_kranz/pdp11/xxdpdoc.txt
software:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-
11/xxdp/
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I'm probably going to face some of the same problems you are
facing. I'm still using the Andromeda UDC11 on my 11/53, which
works well, but I've got several RQDX3's I'll eventually have to
get working. I'm in the process of building several 11/53's from
scrounged parts.
--
Jonathan Engdahl Rockwell Automation
Principal Research Engineer 24800 Tungsten Road
Advanced Technology Euclid, OH 44117 USA
Euclid Labs http://users.safeaccess.com/engdahl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Carman" <pdp11(a)bellsouth.net>
Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp11,vmsnet.pdp-11
To: <classiccmp>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:52 AM
Subject: RD53 formatter
I have a PDP-11/83 with an RQDX3 disk controller and a
pair of
RD53
drives from a MicroVAX II. Since all I can get from
both
drives are I/O
errors, I am left to assume that they were once hooked
to an
RQDX2
controller and now need to be re-low-level formatted
to work
with the
RQDX3. Does anyone know what is required to do this
on an
11/83? Was
there an XXDP diagnostic program that did this?
Thanks.
--
Doug Carman
pdp11(a)bellsouth.net