27 Jan
2018
27 Jan
'18
12:43 p.m.
On 01/27/2018 11:44 AM, Glen Slick via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 9:04 AM, Jules Richardson via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Well, there's someone's hand-written sticker on the top saying it's a lowly
RD51 - however the actual p/n sticker says it's an RD53-A and the defect
table lists it as ST506, 85MB.
Of course it probably doesn't work anyway ;-)
Time to add CPU/memory in, wire up a console cable and see what happens, I
guess.
With the PSU working everything else should be easier to get going after that.
Did you figure out what the hard drive is? A working RD54 would be
nice and probably worth more than any of the boards. If you start with just the M7606 - CPU and the M7608 -
4MB ram once
you get a console cable built it shouldn't be too hard to get some
basic signs of life.
Yes, that's where I'm at right now...
Console default is 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity (at whatever speed
the switch is set to), correct?
I'm getting an alternating F and 9 on the hex LED diag display on the
console panel, no output at all on my terminal, and the M7606 starts with 4
solid red LEDs, then a solid green, then the middle pair of the red LEDs
start a simultaneous slow flash on/off (while the outer two plus the green
remain steady)
This is just with the M7606 CPU and M7808 memory plugged in, nothing else
(apart from the half-height board at the end of the backplane which
distributes signals to the RD53) - oh and the LEDs were observed with the
card cage cover switch held down, so 'under normal operating conditions'.
For console cable wiring I'm using the following ref:
http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/computers/vaxen/panels.htm
There's a ref here for the status codes:
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01608433
.. however, I'm not sure what the alternating codes mean; 'F' seems to be
power-related, but I don't know why the CPU would proceed if it thought
there was a power fault, and '9' is related to terminal ID, but it seems to
suggest it should automatically continue after 6 seconds.
cheers
Jules