Hi all,
I finally got juice on the main power line connection in my museum.
I am connecting my machines bit by bit, after 2 years of inactivity.
I have found the following problem with my 11/34C.
(I will keep the description short, and tell only the end result)
The console of the 11/34C (11/34A plus cache option) shows weird
(=wrong) behaviour. It was working fine!
The display shows "000000", and the RUN LED is off.
If I press the 'LSR' button, the 'SR DISP' LED goes on. However,
if I press any of the numerical buttons, '1-6', a digit in the
display only flashes very brief. I cannot say what the digit was.
It looks like the M7859 has developed a problem.
To make things more weird the following happens if I start with
pressing the 'CLR' button and then the numerical buttons.
1) press CLR (display stays at "000000")
2) press e.g. 6 (some of the rightmost digit segments briefly flash)
3) press 6 again (1st and 2nd of the right display flashes)
4) press 6 again (1st, 2nd and 3rd of the right display flashes)
The first leftmost three displays remain "000" and do not show any
sign of changes.
Pressing 6 after the first 3 times, repeats the flashing of some
segments in the three rightmost displays.
So, I have the impression it has the problem to do with the M7958.
AFAIK, the entry of the digits, for example the numeric entry '165020'
does *not* need the UNIBUS, but only sets up an internal register.
The 'LAD' button, and 'DIS AD' will start a UNIBUS cycle (to access a
memory location). Correct?
BTW, the voltage on the CPU backplane (DD11-PK) is 5.08 V. and the
+15 and -15 read +/-15.x V. (Can't remember the exact value).
I have an other 11/34 with an M7958, but never powered up that box.
I took that M7859 and installed it in the 11/34C. The display stays
dark. According to the M7859 doc, that basically means that the board
is dead. So much for board swapping. Sorry, could not resist to try
an easy success. I don't have other spare M7859 ...
If you are interested, I can tell the steps I did before I stumbled
on this M7859 (?) problem ...
Anybody seen this display / console panel behaviour on the 11/34 ?
Any clues ? All input is appreciated !
thanks,
- Henk, PA8PDP.
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