18 May
2002
18 May
'02
9:57 p.m.
Gunther Schadow wrote:
For what it is worth, here you see what my VAX 11/780 does (sad that
all it does fits into one email :-):
[snip]
What I'm really wondering is how can one see a
directory listing of
the various diskettes from the console program?
How do I start the diagnostic supervisor?
Could it be that I'm missing any boards? It's
so empty in there.
From left to right:
Have you read the 11/780 docs from
http://208.190.133.201/decimages/moremanuals.htm ?
There is a fair amout of technical stuff in there.
There is also a HW User's Guide at:
http://www.wzrd.com/homeb/jroth/home/manuals.htm
PS: I gather that one could really tap into this WCS
loading
procedure with custome microcode. That's something I want to
try. Is there any documentation where one can learn how to
do microprogramming?
For the 780 (and maybe 785) DEC did at one point
sell microprogramming tools. I guess someone might
still have this info, but if they do they're keeping quiet
about it!
Antonio