28 Nov
1998
28 Nov
'98
2:40 a.m.
At 07:52 11/23/98 +0000, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Nov 22, 14:34, Kevin McQuiggin wrote:
XXDP disks!! This sounds great Pete!
I have a MicroPDP but it is *not* an 11/23+. It has an 11/73 processor
(KDJ11-AB (M8192-YB)) along w/two MSV11-PL, 512Kb MOS RAM w/parity
(M8067-LB) an Andromeda UDC11 floppy/HD controller, a DHV11-A, 8-line async
comm. w/DMA, MUX (M3104), two DLV11-J, 4x SLU (M8043) and an Emulex TC02
controller.
I have no documentation on these disks, therefore, a few questions for you
and the others:
** Will the disks still work with the 11/73 and the third-party disk
controller?
** Is there an online index or something where you looked up those 'CZ'
part numbers or do you have the user's manual or same software in your
library to find the info above? (i.e., How did you know what they were and
how can I find the same?)
** Any online manuals for these diagnostics? Or, anybody willing to sell a
xerographic copy of them to me?
Thanks for the help folks.
Regards, chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
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Christian Fandt wrote:
Subject: Re: ID these DEC floppy disks?
Looks like some XXDP diagnostics, but let's
see what Tim and others have
to say, to be sure.
> In that heap of goodies I'm keeping from
that DEC Haul back in the
summer I
> found a DEC 5.25" floppy disk package
containing five floppies of the
> following:
>
> BL-T540B-M1 CZUFDB1 USER TESTS
> BL-T541B-M1 CZXD1B1 FIELD SERVICE TESTS 1
> BL-T542B-MC CZXD2B0 FIELD SERVICE TESTS 2
> BL-T565B-MC CZXD3B0 FIELD SERVICE TESTS 3
> BL-T583B-MC CZXD4B0 FIELD SERVICE TESTS 4
>
> All evidently are diagnostic tests for some sort of DEC machine which
uses
> a 5.25" floppy drive. Could anyone
identify which machine given the
above
> info?
They are indeed XXDP disks. They're the field service set for a
microPDP-11/23+. They contain XXDP Ver.2 plus relevant disgnostics, the
User Tests disks has the XXDP utilities and confidence test, Tests 1 has
object files and some utilities, Tests 2 has KDF11/BDV11/DLV11J/etc tests,
Tests 3 has less-frequently-used interface tests, Tests 4 has other tape
and disk tests.