15 Mar
2015
15 Mar
'15
3:05 p.m.
[Seen thanks to off-list assistance - thank you!]
Brief background: Real VAXes had real diagnostics.
MicroVAXes had diagnostic$
I'm fairly sure the MDM is not what I have, then.
Moving on: Are you aware of
EK-O19AE-SG-005_MicroVAX_Troubleshooting_and_Diagnostics_May89.pdf
I wasn't. I picked up a copy and it turns out to be unreadable for me;
the ghostscript I have says "Unable to process JBIG2Decode data. Page
will be missing data.". Modern Ghostscript is no longer suitable for
open-source use, so I'm looking for alternatives, either other
PostScript renderers or something to replace the JBIG2Decode code in
the version I have. I have a few leads, but even in the best of
outcomes it will take time.
Does your emulator have a console ROM like the real
thing? Does it have any $
Yes. It is an image of the ROM from a real KA630 I have. In
particular, it has the same set of tests the real thing has. The
simulator passes all of them, as far as I can tell.
I have a copy of EK-KA630-UG-001 and have scanned it, and read it
multiple times. As far as I can tell the tests there are all run at
startup, and they all pass. If there's any way to run any other tests
from the ROM, I don't know what it is.
I'll also see if I can find that MDM thing, though if you couldn't find
a copy it seems unlikely I will.
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