4 Feb
2008
4 Feb
'08
1:23 p.m.
On 04-Feb-08, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
Probably your best option is to use the BA23 box.
However, for that
option, you really need a quad M8189 CPU (PDP-11/23)
or a quad M8190 CPU (PDP-11/73).
It is entirely possible to use the dual M8186 CPU
(PDP-11/23), however,
you will then require a controller with a boot ROM (usually only
available
with a 3rd party disk controller) or you will need to
enter the
boot program via ODT each time you power on the system.
If you look carefully down the list, he's got an M8047 - MXV11 with
(P)roms,
so he'll be able to use the 11/23 that he already has, and, depending
on the
roms installed, should be able to perform an MSCP boot.
Entering the boot program manually (by hand one
instruction at a time)
takes about 5 minutes. A boot program for the MSCP M7555 controller
is available.
Entering bootstrap by hand? Eeek! That is what macros on terminal
emulators are for.
;-)
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