The 11/750 used a special Unibus Exerciser Terminator which IIRC had some
diag registers in it.
I think it was an M9313.
Google shows them available from a lot of resellers...
I know the diags used them.... don't know about the power-up self test.
bill
On 5/25/07, Mr Ian Primus <ian_primus at yahoo.com> wrote:
Now that the Vax is in the basement, I've been
cleaning and checking it out, trying to address what
problems I can. First and foremost, there is no key.
But, I found that I could pop out the control panel
from behind, and that contains the actual turn switch
- the key is just the knob that turns the rotary
switch. My bright idea was to simply remove the key
mechanism for the moment, so that I could turn the
machine between modes with a modified television knob
or something. Simple - just remove a large hex nut
collar from the back, and slide it out. Unfortunately,
as it slid out, it ever so slightly caught the edge of
the plastic overlay for the control panel, and left a
little light colored mark around the bottom of the
hole where the overlay isn't sticking to the back
plastic, and has air under it. Nothing that affects
the functionality of the machine of course, but it
ticks me off, since I caused it. I can't think of a
way to fix it without causing more damage, however, so
I'll just have to live with it.
Now that I can switch the machine on (once I get
confirmation on the orientation of the power
controller connector, see previous post), I should
soon be able to test run it. One thing that needs to
be addressed first, is that this machine must have
originally been fitted with an external unibus
expansion box - there is a large flat white cable
inside, connected to a paddle board on the last Unibus
slot. This cable was cut with scissors or something
where it exits the cabinet. I have removed this, but I
will need to install a Unibus terminator, correct? I
should be able to steal the terminator out of my 11/84
for now - are they the same, or was the Vax Unibus a
little different?
-Ian
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