Interesting. I suppose the LTC on the M7856
could also be disabled...
I'll have to try that and see if it works. The
DL11-W manual doesn't seem
to cover any special installation procedures for the 11/40, and the 11/40
System Manual describes Slot 9 as a "SMALL PERIPHERAL CONTROLLER (USUALLY
DL11)" slot without mentioning the lack of NPG and the LTC oddity. Weird.
I now have the CPU passing diagnostics with flying colors (there was a
problem with the IR Decode logic causing incorrect reserved instruction
traps), and I can boot RT-11 from the SCSI controller, yay. Now to track
down the EIS and Stack Limit options...
- Josh
Josh,
Glad to hear. Also this thread may have given me the clues I need to boot
an RL02 / 11/40 / RT-11.
1) I never thought to check to see if my system was used with a KW11-L in
the past, I too appear to have a CPU set that came from a different
system. I need to check for a missing jumper in slot 3 of the CPU
backplane. F03R2 and F03V2.
2) I actually do have a KW11-L (M787), but whenever I attempt to use it I
can't do much other than toggle memory using the front panel. Simple CPU
programs fail, and I can't boot using M9312. (I actually tried 2 of these
cards, same result) I thus assumed I did not have a CPU backplane wired for
a KW11-L, but it could be that it actually *is* and the problem is with the
M787 card, a fault in the card. I have 0 experience with altering or
testing backplane jumpers, but I will try. I have always used an extender
card instead and probed signals form the extension card as a cheat. It
seems like the NPG is OK AFAICT, but I did not check slot 9. It does not
seem to matter whether I have a grant card in slot 9 or not either.
3) I would not mind getting something like Guy's UA11 to test with. Are
these available?
4) I have been also working on getting a M7856 wired to 177560 so I can
emulate a TU58. Made progress last night, will keep working on getting
XXDP running. Up to this point I had been loading in one routine at a time
using PDPGUI. Some success, used to learn my system was expecting a KJ11
(M737), which fortunately I had. Since then I verified that my CPU cards
are correctly jumpered for what I have installed in the backplane. Per
this conversation I believe I have the correct cards and enough working RAM
to operate RT-11.
Noel - Do you ever make a trip up my way? If you ever have time to stop by
to help me with my system I'll trade you some hardware or food for your
trouble...
Thanks
Bill
