24 May
2016
24 May
'16
2:29 p.m.
Hi
My main system a VAX 4000 Model 500 with a KA680 CPU has just
started halting at test 51 on power up.
Does any body know where I can lay my hands on a spare KA680?
Rod
24 May
24 May
2:41 p.m.
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Rod Smallwood
<rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi
My main system a VAX 4000 Model 500 with a KA680 CPU has just started
halting at test 51 on power up.
Does any body know where I can lay my hands on a spare KA680?
A month ago this one went by cheap enough on eBay at $50 that I was
tempted to try to grab it just to have another spare in case I or
someone else needed one some day. Too bad I passed on it. Sometimes
you can find good deals on them on eBay, but of course not when you
really need one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262393891988?orig_cvip=true
5:30 p.m.
On 24/05/2016 22:41, Glen Slick wrote:
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Rod Smallwood
<rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
I had a look at his shop. The
matching memory card is still there.
It was ever thus "When you want one you cant find one and when you
don't there it is"
Oh well switching to backup (4000-300)
Rod
Hi
My main system a VAX 4000 Model 500 with a KA680 CPU has just started
halting at test 51 on power up.
Does any body know where I can lay my hands on a spare KA680?
A month ago this one went by cheap enough on eBay at $50 that I was
tempted to try to grab it just to have another spare in case I or
someone else needed one some day. Too bad I passed on it. Sometimes
you can find good deals on them on eBay, but of course not when you
really need one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262393891988?orig_cvip=true 
25 May
25 May
3:43 p.m.
On 25/05/16 01:30, Rod Smallwood wrote:
On 24/05/2016 22:41, Glen Slick wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Rod Smallwood
> <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> My main system a VAX 4000 Model 500 with a KA680 CPU has just
>> started
>> halting at test 51 on power up.
>>
>> Does any body know where I can lay my hands on a spare KA680?
>>
>
The system maintenance manual claims that ?51 means "NOROM No valid ROM
image found", which seems a bit odd.
But that's a VMB message, so unless it was trying to boot then perhaps
I'm looking in the wrong place ...
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini
arcarlini at iee.org
10:17 p.m.
On 25/05/2016 23:43, Antonio Carlini wrote:
On 25/05/16 01:30, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Hi
Thanks its now OK - The latches that hold the CPU board in are
not a good design and the board was making intermittent contact.
Regards Rod
On 24/05/2016 22:41, Glen Slick wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Rod Smallwood
> <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> My main system a VAX 4000 Model 500 with a KA680 CPU has just
>> started
>> halting at test 51 on power up.
>>
>> Does any body know where I can lay my hands on a spare KA680?
>>
>
The system maintenance manual claims that ?51 means "NOROM No valid
ROM image found", which seems a bit odd.
But that's a VMB message, so unless it was trying to boot then perhaps
I'm looking in the wrong place ...
Antonio
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