RT-11 doesn't recognize my 3.5" floppy
Douglas Taylor
dj.taylor4 at comcast.net
Tue May 7 10:15:52 CDT 2019
Very interesting , now that you got it to work, what can you use it for?
Will it be an exchange media with PUTR?
Doug
On 5/6/2019 6:20 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote:
> I have installed an RQDX3 and the M9058 distribution board in my
> 11/23+. Since I don't have a 5.25" drive yet, I hooked up a 3.5" HD
> (1.44 MB) drive from an old PC.
> After a struggle (which I documented on VCFED's DEC forum), I managed
> to get all the jumpers and cables set correctly, and now my XXDP
> diagnostics (ZRQA?? ... ZRQF??) recognize the drive as an RX33 (DU0:,
> logical drive 0 since no hard disks are attached). It passes all the
> tests, and I can INIT, DIR, and copy files to it using the limited OS
> with the XXDP suite. The LED on the RQDX3 blinks once when the drive
> is accessed. So far so good.
>
> But, when I boot the system (with RT-11SJ V5.01), it can't see the
> drive at all. Attempts to access it result in the command hanging
> indefinitely, the drive does not select, and the RQDX3 lamp flashes
> rapidly. SHOW DEV:DU does say that the handler is installed for the
> correct 172150, 154 location. However, SHOW DEV:DUn where n=[0..3]
> displays two blank lines then back to the dot prompt.
>
> Is my version of RT-11 just too old to recognize an RX-33? If so, what
> do I need to fix this? Presumably a later DU.SYS?
> Thanks for any help. Most of my experience is with PDP-8's so this is
> slow going...
> -Charles
>
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