6 Apr
2007
6 Apr
'07
7:15 p.m.
You can create XXDP floppies with the PUTR program and a DOS box, but I'm
not sure exactly how you go about making them bootable and such - as far as
the diagnostics files go, once the image file is created you just copy them
over within PUTR to the image.
I think what you need is covered in the PUTR documentation.
You will need a high density (1.2MB) 5.25" diskette drive and double density
floppies to do this. High density floppies will not work for RX50
diskettes.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of David Betz
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 7:18 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RX33 (or RX50) image of XXDP?
Thanks to Dave McGuire and Julian Wolfe and helpful responses
from many people on this list, I now have a BA23 box with the
following
configuration:
M8190 KDJ11-B CPU
M7551 MSV11-Q 4mb memory
M7555 RQDX3
M8043 DLV11-J
RX33 floppy (temporarily stolen from a DECmate III+)
RD54
The system starts up and passes the memory test and drops me
into the boot code so I think it is working correctly.
I also have an Emulex ESDI controller and some ESDI drives as
well as a Viking SCSI controller but I'm trying to get the
system up with just the RQDX3 first.
My question is, can anyone point me to an RX33 (or RX50) disk
image I can use with putr to create an XXDP boot floppy for
this system so that I can test and format the RD54?
Thanks!
David