Next project: 11/24. Does it need memory?
Bill Gunshannon
bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 19 20:09:04 CDT 2020
On 10/19/20 8:20 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> On 10/19/2020 6:10 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> > Time to stop trying random things and drop the (metaphorical) Big
> > Hammer.
>
> Well, yeah. Although my methods are *not* random, what I have been doing
> is trying to set the 11/24 and it's peripherals to a known working base
> state. Unibus can get annoyed at a lot of things (lack of termination, 4
> kinds of Unibus (well 5 if you consider the 11/45), and a whole lot of
> general weirdness.
>
> Q-Bus is much simpler, although there is 18 and 22 bit and the weird CD
> interconnect to watch out for, you don't need a terminator and with very
> few exceptions (RKV11, RL01 dual controller, very early memory that
> wanted external refresh) things pretty much work bus-wise.
>
> > "Internal addresses; i.e. serial line unit registers .. There is no
> > external bus cycle performed for an internal address."
>
> Yeah, the serial ports I think are emulated-ish on the main board. If I
> could disable them I could do a normal DL11 and see what I see, but that
> won't work. Maybe I'll just drag out the 11/05 and get that working
> first, it's got a nice front panel that doesn't lock up often :-)
>
> But if someone has an 11/24 and can cross-check my switch settings to
> see if I missed something I would appreciate.
>
Wish I still had my 11/24. It was my first and I always liked it.
bill
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