31 Oct
2005
31 Oct
'05
2 p.m.
At 2:12 PM -0700 10/31/05, Kevin Handy wrote:
iirc, the 11/73 has a simple boot console that has some
commands
similiar to the VAX console commands. This is before you drop
to ODT. Normally you give it a "B du0" type of command.
(Been a while since I used real hardware, so ymmv)
Does the boot console (SHOW DEVICE?) display the devices?
It will depend on the board as to just how much info you're able to
get from the console on a PDP-11. The full quad-height board (which
seems to be much rarer), will have lots of features, and might be
able to give some info on the devices (it's been a couple years since
I did anything other than boot mine).
The more normal dual-height board will depend on the board with the
boot strap. As an example, my /73 originally used a dual-height
board, and I used a DLV11J for the console port, and a WQESD/04 for
the boot strap (even after I moved from ESDI to SCSI disks). With
that combo, I had a working system, but it provided no info, just a
bootstrap.
Zane
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