Minix - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Nov 2005

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Subject: Re: Minix
   From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
   Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:41:22 +0000
     To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

Actually, I meant the RL02 terminator.  I have been entering bootstrap  
Only needed for RL02. Not the RX02 as mentioned.

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 code by hand since one of my bootstrap ROMs went
pins-up a couple of 
weeks ago - you may remember I posted asking about favoured boot ROM 
images?  Not to mention entering quite a lot of code into ODT by hand 
when I first got my 11/73 and *nothing* would play nicely...

Originally the Baydel multipurpose card could boot pretty much any 
common QBus mass storage. 
Like the bdv11 (m8012).

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   The RQDX will
need the distribution board to breakout the floppy and HD
 connection from the 50pin cable.  If you find prints it's something 
 that can be wire wrapped (it's only connectors).  The boot for MSCP
 disks is also possible to hand enter. 
Got the breakout board, in the BA23.  Haven't played with it yet though. 
Floppy disk can be RX50 or TEACFD55GFR.  If the controller is RQDXXX1 or 2
the disk will be RX50 or only one side of Teac (RX33).  If RQDX2 depending
on ROM rev it will be RX50 and or RX33 (800k).  You can bet on
RX50 compatability in all cases which is single sided 80track 10 SPT.
To use the teac you may require nonstandard jumpers [compared to RX33] on 
the drive to make it look and act like RX50 to older RQDXn though it 
does work fine.

The hard disk is st412(10mb), ST225(20mb), st250(40mb), Quantum D540 (30mb).
However they must be formatted with either xxdp or deom a system that can
such as uVAX2000 (for RQDX3 only). 

Allison