On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: I look forward to any PROM dumps (and should probably check my own boards to see what I have), but there are 2-3 common sets documented in the literature that cover various device combinations (RX8E, RL8A, RK8E, PTR, DECtape, etc) ISTR there's only 4 bootstraps per PROM set, so if you have a complex setup, it's not unlikely you may want to boot I'd quote chapter and verse on which part numbers contain which bootstraps, but you'll find the definitive answers in the Small Computer Handbook (under KM8AA) and possibly in a table in the margins of the printset. If you don't have an RL8A, it's likely that the older PROM set will be exactly what you need. If you do want to boot an RL01 and you have other system devices, I'd say it's likely that you will want two sets of PROMs on hand. -ethan

-------------- Original message from Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>: -------------- Thanks Al, This does help a lot. I did find the 465A2 and 469A2 But did not know what they where all about. Of coarse I would not have looked in the RL8-A manual in a million years. - Jerry