On Sat, 23 Apr 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
or
from the OS (can't help how to do this from VMS; under Linux you could
mmap(2) /dev/mem at the right address and then poke at it with a little
program doing the right dance to get the flashbus access protocol right),
to
see if it shows any symptoms of misbehaviour.
If necessary I should be able to install linux, but still, working out the
address doesn't seem trivial.
It's all in the manual. :) Check `pcdsatia.pdf' again -- Chapter 4 for
overall details and Table 4-3 for flashbus device mappings in particular.
The access dance including addresses to poke at is described right below
the table. Yes, it's all pretty low level, but there you go!
Many thanks for all your help today!
My pleasure!
Maciej