Hi Glen, thanks for looking up the settings for me, it would be of great help ! In order to help you quickly : You can find the procedure to start the QT13-diagnostics on page 2-13 of the QT13 manual (to be found on bitsavers.org). Even the switch settings can be read out via the diagnostics menu, so no need to open up your system. Best regards, Pierre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre's collection of classic computers : http://classic-computing.dyndns.org/ ________________________________ Von: Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Gesendet: Freitag, den 14. Mai 2010, 19:35:05 Uhr Betreff: Re: Fujitsu M2442AC tape drive and Emulex QT13 controller issues... On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:17 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote: I have a 2444AC that I have successfully used with a QT13 to install 2.11BSD and RSTS/E on a PDP-11/73. I'm pretty sure I ran the full on-board QT13 tape write/read diagnostics on a scratch tape without any problems at some point. I might have time this weekend to hook the system back up and capture the QT13 configuration and diagnostic output from my system. -Glen

Hi Glen, last week-end, I had time to perform the diagonstics. The hardware jumpers were?the same as yours. There?were some differences regarding the NVRAM-settings of the QT13. The settings were adapted to the ones posted by you, but unfortunately, the result of the first read/write-test always stops with the error?"blank tape read", which is classified as a hard error. I made the test with two different QT13-boards, so apparently, there might be something wrong with the Fujitsu tape drive :( I tried different tapes, new as used ones, but it didn't help. I'll have to investigate so more work... Thanks alot again for giving through your setup of?your tape-subsystem. Kind regards, Pierre ?------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre's collection of classic computers : http://classic-computing.dyndns.org/ ________________________________ Von: Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 20. Mai 2010, 9:09:01 Uhr Betreff: Re: Fujitsu M2442AC tape drive and Emulex QT13 controller issues... On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:17 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote: I hooked my QT13 up to my M2444AC and installed the QT13 in a BA213 with a KA660 and ran the QT13 diagnostics in system console mode.? I had a scratch tape mounted in the M2444AC and all of the diagnostics completed successfully, which took 20-30 minutes.? The captured console output is listed below. The QT13 was configured with the following switch settings at power up.? SW-1 was toggled from OFF to ON and back to OFF just prior to the "ST 80" console command. SW1-1 OPEN(OFF)? away from PCB SW1-2 CLOSED(ON) near to PCB SW1-3 CLOSED(ON) near to PCB SW1-4 CLOSED(ON) near to PCB SW2-1 OFF SW2-2 OFF SW2-3 OFF SW2-4 OFF SW2-5 ON SW2-6 OFF SW2-7 ON??? SW2-8 OFF KA660-A V4.9, VMB 2.12 1) Dansk 2) Deutsch (Deutschland/?sterreich) 3) Deutsch (Schweiz) 4) English (United Kingdom) 5) English (United States/Canada) 6) Espa?ol 7) Fran?ais (Canada) 8) Fran?ais (France/Belgique) 9) Fran?ais (Suisse) 10) Italiano 11) Nederlands 12) Norsk 13) Portugu?s 14) Suomi 15) Svenska (1..15): 5 Performing normal system tests. 95..94..93..92..91..90..89..88..87..86..85..84..83..82..81..80.. 79..78..77..76..75..74..73..72..71..70..69..68..67..66..65..64.. 63..62..61..60..59..58..57..56..55..54..53..52..51..50..49..48.. 47..46..45..44..43..42..41..40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32.. 31..30..29..28..27..26..25..24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16.. 15..14..13..12..11..10..09..08..07..06..05..04..03.. Tests completed. Scan of Qbus I/O Space -20001468 (772150) = 0000 RQDX3/KDA50/RRD50/RQC25/KFQSA-DISK -2000146A (772152) = 0B20 -20001940 (774500) = 0000 TQK50/TQK70/TU81E/RV20/KFQSA-TAPE -20001942 (774502) = 8051 -20001F40 (777500) = 0020 IPCR Scan of Qbus Memory Space ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *****? *****? EMULEX CORPORATION ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * *? ? ? 3545 Harbor Boulevard ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ***** * *****? P.O. Box 6725 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? * *? ? ? Costa Mesa, CA, 92626 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *****? *****? (714) 662-5600 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? E M U L E X ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? QT13/14 Firmware Revision K ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Copyright 1988 EMULEX CORPORATION ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? All rights reserved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unit is Offline? ? ? ? ? CSR Address = 174500 oct ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Display or Hardcopy Terminal? (V/H,def=H) : H ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MAIN MENU ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ========= A - All tests R - Retry limit value N - NOVRAM Maintenance T - Test selection Menu S - Display Switch settings Q - Quick test on positioning and erase X - Exit Maintenance mode after resetting switches CTRL/C - Returns you to the previous level CTRL/U - Deletes current input if no <CR> entered Select Function? (def=A) : S ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Functions selected by indicated switch settings ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ----------------------------------------------- Switch 1 Off On _______ |? ? ? | | [? ] | - 1 --- QT13/14 Tape coupler reset switch, Unreadable Hardware switch | [? *] | - 2 --- Diagnostic mode | [? *] | - 3 --- Host console communications | [? *] | - 4 --- uVAX host |? ? ? | ------- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Functions selected by indicated switch settings ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ----------------------------------------------- Switch 2 Off On _______ |? ? ? | | [*? ] | - 1 -| | [*? ] | - 2 -|- Address = 174500 oct | [*? ] | - 3 -| | [*? ] | - 4 --- TMSCP | [? *] | - 5 --- Enable 22 bit addressing | [? ] | - 6 --- WDS Trailing edge select, Unreadable Hardware switch | [? ] | - 7 --- WDS Leading edge select, Unreadable Hardware switch | [? ] | - 8 --- Not used, Unreadable Hardware switch |? ? ? | ------- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MAIN MENU ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ========= A - All tests R - Retry limit value N - NOVRAM Maintenance T - Test selection Menu S - Display Switch settings Q - Quick test on positioning and erase X - Exit Maintenance mode after resetting switches CTRL/C - Returns you to the previous level CTRL/U - Deletes current input if no <CR> entered Select Function? (def=A) : N Drive type, 0=Start-Stop, 1=Streamer (0-1,def=1 dec) : On the fly commands (Y/N,def=Y) : Enable data busy timeout delay? (Y/N,def=Y) : Remote density (Y/N,def=Y) : CDC tape drive (Y/N,def=Y) : Use IDEN line to select remote density (Y/N,def=N) : IDEN line true selects high density (Y/N,def=N) : Adaptive DMA (Y/N,def=Y) : Blank Tape Timeout value, in seconds (1-60,def=5 dec) : Max retry count for tape errors (0-10,def=8 dec) : uSec Delay between DMA bursts (2/4,def=4) : Enable write data prefill (Y/N,def=N) : Adaptive DMA threshold (1-7,def=4 dec) : Tape Drive Speed thousands of bytes/second (0-65535,def=200 dec) : Support? 800 BPI Density (Y/N,def=N) : Support 1600 BPI Density (Y/N,def=Y) : Support 6250 BPI Density (Y/N,def=Y) : Modify ?? (Y/N,def=N) : ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MAIN MENU ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ========= A - All tests R - Retry limit value N - NOVRAM Maintenance T - Test selection Menu S - Display Switch settings Q - Quick test on positioning and erase X - Exit Maintenance mode after resetting switches CTRL/C - Returns you to the previous level CTRL/U - Deletes current input if no <CR> entered Select Function? (def=A) : A Ensure tape loaded and at BOT Press <CR> to continue...[0K * WARNING *, Use scratch tape only, data on tape will be lost Are you sure ?? (Y/N,def=N) : Y Enter number of loops to execute (0-255,def=1 dec) : 1 Retry limit of 10 --> Start of pass 1 BOT/Rewind test Write/Read test File mark test Space forward/reverse test Positioning test Erase test Host memory DMA test --> End of pass 1 Executing pass 1 Test Summary: ? Total # of errors = 0 (0 Hard, 0 Soft, 0 Device, 0 DMA)