RLV11 Debugging
Ben Sinclair
bensinc at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 16:43:54 CDT 2015
Now that I (hopefully) have my PDP 11/23 running (it passes CPU and memory
tests, anyway), I've been messing with my RLV11 so I can use my RL02.
For a first step, I'm trying to run the VRLBC0 diskless diagnostic to check
the controller. I checked that the address and vector switches are set to
the defaults according to he manual, and also verified them with a
multimeter.
The manual says the default vector address is 330, though the diagnostics
default to 160. I tried it both ways with the same result, though I should
be on 330.
I'm not actually sure what "BR LEVEL" refers to, so I left that at the
default.
This is a PDP 11/23 with an H-9273 backplane. I have the M8186, M8067,
M8043, then the two RLV11 boards, M8013 and M8014, then an M8012.
Here's a sample run. It appears to start, but never does anything else. If
I give it a bad address it does complain, so I think I have the switches
correct.
Does anyone know what I might try next? Thanks!
.R VRLBC0
VRLBC0.BIC
DRSSM-G2
CVRLB-C-0
RLV12 DISKLESS
UNIT IS RLV12, RLV11, OR RL11
RSTRT ADR 145702
DR>START
CHANGE HW (L) ? Y
# UNITS (D) ? 1
UNIT 0
RLV12 (L) Y ? N
RLV11 (L) Y ? Y
CSR ADDRESS (O) 174400 ?
VECTOR (O) 160 ? 330
BR LEVEL (O) 4 ?
CHANGE SW (L) ? Y
ERROR LIMIT FOR AUTO-DROP (D) 0 ?
ALL REMAINING QUERIES ARE FOR OPTIONAL (MANUFACTURING)
G5388 TEST-LOOP-MODULE SET-UP. USE <^Z> TO BYPASS.
G5388 TLM INSTALLED (L) N ? N
MMU AVAILABLE
MEMORY SIZE 124 KW
18 BIT ADDRESSING
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Ben Sinclair
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