8 Apr
1999
8 Apr
'99
9:18 a.m.
DEC's customer runnable MicroVax stuff was fairly
lame though.
Generally, if you can boot the diagnostics on a Microvax, you
know that the Microvax is OK. Yep, pretty useless, considering
that if you can't boot VMS, you can't boot the diagnostics.
The PDP-11 based diagnostics were much more flexible. You could
load from paper tape if your disk or tape drive system was sick. You
didn't need interrupts or even DMA operational to load them, so you
could do some basic tests on a box that didn't even have full
backplane continuity!
Tim.
9 Apr
9 Apr
9:53 a.m.
At 10:18 08/04/99 -0400, CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
I always considered VMS as the ultimate diagnostic. If you could boot VMS
the hardware was most of the way to being OK.
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au
Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479
1999
La Trobe University | "If God had wanted soccer played in the
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DEC's
customer runnable MicroVax stuff was fairly lame though.
Generally, if you can boot the diagnostics on a Microvax, you
know that the Microvax is OK. Yep, pretty useless, considering
that if you can't boot VMS, you can't boot the diagnostics. 
2:55 p.m.
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