29 Nov
1997
29 Nov
'97
4:39 a.m.
Mine doesn't SYSGEN. It can't find any of the .MAC files.
(The OS source?) Looks like I have a single-user system! None of the
monitors like the DZ11. (Of which I got only one to work. The other must
be toast or something, the machine refused to boot with it in)
Back to square one! (The 600lb paperweight!)
29 Nov
29 Nov
5:10 a.m.
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5:08 a.m.
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Did you do a complete install from tape, or are you
just
fooling around with an old installation of RSTS/E which was on the
disk when you got it? Which version of RSTS/E?
I don't have it on a tape. All I have in an old install that's on the
disk.
Again, RSTS/E is very picky about hardware
configuration. Assuming
that your configuration is only a UDA50 and two DZ11's, the configuration
should be:
Device: DZ11 Name: TTA CSR: 760100*
Vector: 300* Support: yes
Device: DZ11 Name: TTB CSR: 760110* Vector: 310* Support: yes
^^^^^^
These look funny... Mine are at 160140 and 330... that's what's written
on the case. But I set that in hardwr...
(HARDWR option of INIT)
5:24 a.m.
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5:22 a.m.
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Chances are that the files that SYSGEN is looking for
were deleted
to free up disk space after the install. Which version of RSTS/E, again?
(I know I can find you an install tape...)
It's RSTS 7.2, the first one to get red manuals, I think...
All the patch manuals and such say RSTS 7.2.
If there were other peripherals in the original
configuration, those
addresses may have been appropriate. (For Unibus purposes, "160140"
is the same as "760140".) I'm a bit confused by your comment;
are both of your DZ11's at the same CSR and Vector???
No, only one works. The machine wouldn't boot with the other in.
I think it was toasted.
I have a half-dozen extra DZs, (Boards only) so I can use another...
If there are no major collisions between CSR's and
Vectors, you can
put the devices at nonstandard addresses (as you've already figured
out). Have you confirmed that what is written on the case corresponds
with reality? If there's a discrepancy, you've got a problem! Go
in with console ODT and verify at least the CSR's.
I set the jumpers to what was on the case. (ALARM BELLS!)
I'm resetting a pair to the numbers yours are.
5:44 a.m.
New subject: RSTS/E
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> Chances are that the files that SYSGEN is looking for were deleted
> to free up disk space after the install. Which version of RSTS/E, again?
> (I know I can find you an install tape...)
And I know that if you do, I can nuke it through some bonehead manuver... :)
No, only one works. The machine wouldn't boot
with the other in.
I think it was toasted.
I have a half-dozen extra DZs, (Boards only) so I can use another...
It might have been! I dropped in 2 new DZs set to your numbers, and all
looks good so far (I.E. It booted). I'll reset the device parameters and
see if RSTS sees them. Then, get my serial tester and see if it really is
working or what...
There may be no need to re-sysgen after all!
5:51 a.m.
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:
If there were other peripherals in the original
configuration, those
addresses may have been appropriate. (For Unibus purposes, "160140"
is the same as "760140".) I'm a bit confused by your comment;
are both of your DZ11's at the same CSR and Vector???
Ahh, here's why they were reset! The TU58 and RU0 are at 300 and 310,
respectively. So, I'll just change the interrupt numbers, the addresses
look fine.
This is according to HARDWR.
6:01 a.m.
New subject: RSTS/E
OK, now I have 2 DZ11s in, INIT sees both, now to START and see if they
are recognised!
6:06 a.m.
Ahhh... no luck. START disables all the DZs as no controller.
Time to go verify CSRs... Umm... How do I do that?
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