26 Mar
2014
26 Mar
'14
4:31 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Jon Elson <elson at pico-systems.com> wrote:
OK, when you boot, you get no display on the screen?
That means the boot ROMs in your CPU board don't have
VCB-02 support in them. (Same as mine.)
My notes show the device address was set to 777402
(Gee, that looks like an octal address. So much I've
forgotten about VAX stuff...)
I think the 3 LEDs come on at power up, and then go off
in a quick sequence when the device driver configures
it.
Is this a VMS or Unix-derived system? I know VMS
4.7 had the drivers for the QDSS (VCB-02), but if you
are using an older OS, not sure.
The goal is to have something Unix-based on there.
I did take out the TK-50 controller (not using it) and consolidated down
the ethernet card to be the bottom, below the SCSI, and shifted the VCB02
setup one to the right (moving everything a slot down.) ... the difference
is that I can type in commands and hear the "chirp" from the keyboard and I
can't type, only display output on the serial console. So I guess I'm
having some progress.
I think I'll take the VCB02 out, get the OS and everything working via
serial console first, and then pop the VCB02 back in.