That is great news Jay! FWIW, the 11/44 can run BSD 2.9 (or possibly
2.10, were there any later revs?)...
--tom
Jay West wrote:
The 11/44 has come to life. It passed all the diags I
threw at it, plus
booted RT11. I did that on an RL02 and would like to switch that system
to an RA81. Once the RA81 is in place, that system is done. But at least
the cpu is known working.
In case I didn't mention it here, the 11/34 is also alive. Turns out the
"odd" diagnostic results I was seeing are actually what a working system
prints. The /34 booted RT11 as well and ran a few small compiles. All I
have to do now is move the cpu from the table on the side of the rack
and mount it inside the rack. Then that box is done as well.
Once those above cosmetic issues are done, I'll take a short break and
then revisit the 11/45 project which was temporarily shelved :D I'd love
to spend more time now with the /44 and /34 to get TSX up and running,
play with sysgening a new system, etc. But no time to play yet, I'm
under orders to consolidate and get rid of stuff.
Thanks to all who gave input, advice, and knowledge!
Jay West