13 Mar
2002
13 Mar
'02
3:47 a.m.
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Allison wrote:
Ok, Check fuses, there are two if memory serves, one
on patch pannel
cable to the board (a visible fuse holder!), the other is on the board.
Even a dead board will power the AUI though that's about all.
Already checked the fuse on the patch panel, but I missed the one on
the board. I'll look at that next. I also have an orphan cable &
bulkhead set, that I was gonna try.
FYI: there is a lineup for what order the DEQNA(DELQA)
and TK50
controllers must go on the bus relative to the other IO cards.
I'm assuming that Hamster's QBus tutorial is correct? I'm going by
that;
slot 1: CPU
slot 2: RAM
Slot 3: RAM
Slot 4: DEQNA top, baffle (black board, no traces at all) bottom
Slot 5: TQK50 top, RQDX3 bottom.
The Drive in the -GA will be the same as the one in
the MV so you
can swap it in. Do make sure the TK50 controller has the dip switches
set right as some were easily bumped on install.
OK. I did find the TQK50 docs too. But so far, I can't even boot
from tape on the VS4000, where it was made. I think
either the boot.fs
doesn't support the VAXstation, or I'm missing something
critical.
MVII has a very limited console boot and diagnostic
compared to later
models so it's not very talkative.
I had noticed that, yes... :)
Thanks.
Doc