DEC Pro operating systems and MFM emulator

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/24/21 10:38 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
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>> On Jan 23, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
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>>>>> 2. Venix: panic at boot, "Bad access number".  That doesn't mean anything
>>>>> to me.  I wonder if the issue is that Venix doesn't support the 380.
>>>>
>>>> The Venix image is special. Venix doesn't support more than 16 sectors
>>>> per track. You may need to put it on a disk whose geometry is 16spt. Maybe
>>>> that is why? Venix should support both the 350 and 380.
>>>
>>> That doesn't explain it, because all hard drives on the Pro by definition
>>> have 16 sectors per track.
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>> Venix runs fine on my 380. In fact, it's the only OS installed on it. It has
>> the stock hard disk, though I'd like to convert to solid state, so I've been
>> reading this thread with interest.
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> Interesting.  I wonder if it has to do with the peripherals I have installed.  I should try it again with the PC3XC and CNA pulled out.
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> What is your configuration?  Do you have EBO?  Memory size?  Option cards?
> 

Listening to these conversations make me really wish I had not
given my 2 PRO's away.

bill