Help on my MicroVAX 2000

Oops! I meant to send this to the list also, instead of just to Allison. ======== Allison, Thanks for the response to my cry for help! Below is a listing of the screen display that I get on power up. Most of it seems OK from the gouge that I picked up. But I have annotated a few items with queries??? that I am uncertain of. You suggested that the tape might be MKA7 and suggested trying 0-7 for both. Did you mean MKA(0-7) and MUA(0-7) or b/(0-7)? MUA0 seems to be the only one of those options that it likes at all. Every other option is quickly rejected with an 84 FAIL message. Early indications are that /(1-7) may fail also. By the way, about how long should the boot from tape take, and what are the TK50Z indications that it is 'doing its thing'? I tend to assume that the flashing green LED means that it is reading. - don ======================== KA410-B V2.2 F...E...D...C...B...A...9...8...7...6...5...4...3_..2_..1?.. ? E 0040 0000.0005 *** DEAD BATTERY *** ? C 0080 0000.4001 ?? 1 00C0 0000.7004 *** WHAT IS THIS??? *** \ KA410-B V2.2 ID 08-00-2B-0C-DF-B1 MONO 0000.0001 ? CLK 0000.0005 NVR 0000.0001 ? DZ 0000.4001 00000001 00000001 00000001 00004001 00000000 00000000 MEM 000E.0001 00E00000 MM 0000.0001 FP 0000.0001 IT 0000.0001 HDC 7710.0001 0004C437 00000000 00000000 *** MY RD54 *** *** TPC 0202.0001 FFFFFF03 01000001 FFFFFF05 FFFFFF05 FFFFFF05 FFFFFF05 FFFFFF05 FFFFFF05 *** ^ WHAT ARE EACH OF THESE? ^ *** SYS 0000.0001 8PLN 0000.0001 V1.2 ?? NI 0000.7004 V1.3 .... ? >>> MUA0 00000000 ? >>> MUA0 84 FAIL *** OOPS! IS THIS BAD? *** 00000000 ? >>> . 84 FAIL *** DITTO? *** 2 ? >>> ?17 ILL CMD *** NO KEYBOARD??? ***