4 Feb
2003
4 Feb
'03
8:43 a.m.
chu(a)verizon.net wrote:
I just bought a PDP 11/73, but
unfortunately UPS dropped it
on the way. So I am trying to
what ever documentation and
diagnostics that I can locate
to figure out how badly it was
damaged.
The mounts for the tape drive and
disk drive were broken as well as
all of the external plastic.
The machine powers up and goes through
some self diagnostics, stopping with the
LED's reading "01". The disk drive stays
quite and unlit, my conclusion was that it
appears dead.
I am looking for any help that I can get.
TIA,
Dave Chu
What is reported on the console port?
Plug in a terminal/etc and see what it tells you.
If there is a problem, it should display a more useful
error message.
I believe that at 01, it is trying to boot the software
from wherever it is set up to boot from.