On 1/27/2019 6:40 PM, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote:
Those reading through the recent "PDP-11/45
RSTS/E boot problem" thread here will know that I've gotten to some corners of my
11/45 CPU now that don't match up with the commonly available engineering drawings.
My /45 is an early serial number (#152). So far I've verified hardware differences
on at least my M8100 and M8105 cards and spares, relating to parity error abort handling.
I would really like to track down any of the following resources:
- PDP 11/45 system engineering drawings *earlier* than those currently available on
bitsavers (Jun '74)
- Any PDP 11/45 backplane wire list (what looks to be a wire list in the currently
available engineering drawings is actually only a breakdown of the power harness.)
- PDP 11/45 ECO information, particularly the following:
M8100 00003
M8103 00005
M8105 00005
M8106 00007, 00008, 00012, 00012A
M8110 00008
KB11-A 00015
Bitsavers seems to have a DEC-O-LOG for M8105, but this does not contain specifics on
cuts and jumps for ECO 00005, referring only to the associated "kit".
DEC-O-LOGs for the other processor boards are missing.
If anybody thinks they might have any of this info squirreled away anywhere, I'd
really love to find out more about it!
Parts of the ECO's are pretty easy to figure, just by comparing the state of my
existing boards to the '74 drawings. But other parts not so much...
thanks much,
--FritzM.
I am working on transcribing some DEC-O-Logs - more than are on
bitsavers that relate to the KB11-A and its cards.
In the process, I came across KB11A-B0008 - which indicates that NPG,
PA, PB, LTC, ACLO, DCO and +15V are ALL missing in slots 26-28. That
FCO was dated SEP-72, and specifically mentions the DL11. I think you
had mentioned that issue in another post.
Also, I have at least two sets of DEC-O-Logs. (JAN 86 and JUL 86) that
cover the 11/45. I would be happy to loan a set out to someone who
promised to scan or print/scan a set.
I hope to be done transcribing later today.
NOTE: The M8110 looks like a mess - lots of ECOs that culminate in
replacing with an M8120. You might not want to use it, and just use
other MS11s.