However, no
matter what I try I can't get them (RX33's) to work when the ESDI
controller is in place. On that note I'm giving up on this line of attack
at least for the time being.
It sounds to me like you've got a backplane DMA continuity grant problem.
What cards are in the backplane? What slots are they in?
BA123 Cabinet with the cards in the following order (first in top, second
in bottom):
M8192 (Dual Height /73)
2Mb RAM (Dual Height)
2Mb RAM (Dual Height)
M8043 DLV11-J (Dual Height)
WQESD (Quad Height, Boot ROMs)
M9047 Grant Continuity / M7516 DELQA
M7546 TQK50 / M7555 RQDX3
Also in Cabinet is 1 TK50, 1 RX33, 3 150Mb ESDI drives.
There is one change in this configuration, and the one I've been trying to
boot with, I swapped the DEQNA for a DELQA. Somehow I don't expect that to
make the slightest bit of difference.
In any case I brought in the RL02, played swap the controllers and got
RT-11 installed on the one Hard Drive. Which means I was able to haul the
SMS-1000 I had running RT-11 out to the garage and free up a little space
in here.
While I'd like to get the floppy working, it's really my intention to use
the network to transfer files to and from the system.
Zane
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