21 Mar
2007
21 Mar
'07
9:56 a.m.
On Wednesday 21 March 2007 11:33, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 3/21/07, Mr Ian Primus <ian_primus at
yahoo.com> wrote:
Dave has nowhere to stuff a ROM. The KDJ11-A board is dual-height
and is a CPU only, no peripherals (yes, in the mini-computer world,
boot ROMs aren't always integral - if you have a front panel, you
don't "need" ROMs, even if they are handy for fast startup).
True, but it's unlikely that any system with a KDJ11-A in it didn't have
some sort of boot ROM; there wasn't any front-panel that I know of for
those machines. The -A version was typically used in OEM gear which
had a boot-rom (or just a rom with the system's runtime code in it) on
some other board.
At least that's been my experience on the systems I've seen.
In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a QBUS system that didn't have a
boot or code rom in it, unless someone had pulled parts out of the
system already.
Pat
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Either
that or a trade of a KDJ11-BB or maybe -BF
for my KDJ11-AA and some other stuff?
Can't you just burn a boot ROM and put it on the CPU
board? I was under the impression you could. If so, I
have an EPROM burner and can burn an EPROM if you
want.