25 Oct
1999
25 Oct
'99
10:59 a.m.
In article <7v20se$i4n$1(a)info.cs.uofs.edu>du>,
Bill Gunshannon <bill(a)cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
Is my memory of the breakdown of the diags correct?
+--> Diag software
| +--> Second diag
| |
ZRQBC1
| |
| +-->Revision C patch level 1
+--RQDX? disk controller (does the R stand for Rotating Memory Here?)
Always found DEC's PDP11/Vax naming conventions made more sense than IBM's or
HP's. (Except for the DL/RL/DM/RM/RK issues with boot rom input
vs. drive names...)
And their diag supervisor xxdp diags were much easier to deal with
than almost anything else. (I loved the early xxdp stuff you had to
deposit to constant locations to change the seek/read-write timings).
Bill
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Can anyone give me a rundown on the commands
needed to use ZRQBC1
to format an RD52??
Is there docmentation available anywhere for
XXDP?? People always
tell me UNIX is too cryptic, what would they say if the saw XXDP??
I wonder what extent DEC's naming conventions led to their ultimate
downfall? Once you're used to it you can tell a LA120 from an RZ28 and
a KZPCM-AA from a FRPG4-WI, but damn...
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