4 Jul
2010
4 Jul
'10
10:20 p.m.
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
Now for an interesting bit of info. ?Apparently there
are two different
types of Firmware. ?One for the PDP-11, and one for VAXen. I'll see if I can
get a little bit more info on that.
Given that the RFM (Resident Firmware Menu) which provides the setup,
autoconfiguration and diagnostics, runs natively on the host (via the
boot DU 253 shortcut), then the machine specific ROM needs the
compatible machine code, so did they release a version with VAX
machine code perhaps?
Now for the important part, the whole manual.
http://www.avanthar.com/~healyzh/RQZX1.pdf
Excellent, thank you for providing. It confirms what everyone has said
so far about the supported drive-set and dual-support (MSCP and
TMSCP).
One interesting note I found in the RSTS/E 9.7 release notes is this comment:
{AA-NB17A-TC} 4.3.3 TMSCP Tape Driver If your system contains only one
TMSCP tape drive (TU81 or TK50), you must designate it unit
0....elided...
NOTE The controller number must also match the drive number.
I wonder if this applies to MSCP side for disks too?
I have been offline with other distractions for a few weeks but I hope
to get back to exploring the problem booting soon.