M9301-YB Bootstrap/Terminator ROM dumps / listings?
Noel Chiappa
jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Thu Apr 30 15:34:26 CDT 2015
> From: Johnny Billquist bqt at update.uu.se
> The per-device code are in separate PROMs that are used in both the
> 9301 and 9312. Those are the ones with the device code as constants in
> the beginning of memory space for the PROM, by the way.
As I mentioned, the M9301-YA, at least, does not have this code. (See the
listing.) Also, again on the M9301-YA, the various bootstraps, diagnostics,
and console, are scattered through both banks (ditto), so one can't just
replace a PROM or two to chance the supported devices; one would have to
replace the entire set of 4 PROMs.
> I hope you also are aware that both the M9301 and the M9312 have
> different boot roms for some machines. I know that the 11/70 use
> different roms with other tests than other PDP-11s, and I seem to
> remember that one or two others do as well. (The 11/60 keeps popping up
> in my brain...)
I have yet to investigate the M9312's in depth, but I did know there are quite
a few different versions of the M9301 (which amount to different ROMs: I know
there are two different etch revisions of the card itself, but I think they
are programming-wise identical). I don't know of any good list of the
variants, but here are the versions I know of (device codes abbreviated to
save typing):
M9301-YA /04 and /34 OEM version; has basic diagnostics, console emulator,
boots from various devices (RK, RP, TC, TM, DL, PC, TA, RX),
supports auto-boot on power on, and also power-fail restart
M9301-YB /04 and /34 end user version; has basic diagnostics, console emulator,
boots from various devices (RK, RP, TC, TM, TA, RX, DL, PC,
RJS, RJP, TJU), also power-fail restart
M9301-YC /70 version; contains basic CPU, cache and memory diagnostics,
boots from various devices (TM, TC, RK, RP, RK06, RJS, RJP, TJU, RX)
M9301-YD All models; contains code to allow a terminal attached to the
machine to be a terminal on some other line; also has boot
code for RX and DDCMP
M9301-YE All models; has basic diagnostics, console emulator; boots
from low speed paper tape or DECnet; supports auto-boot on
power on, and also power-fail restart
M9301-YF All models (auto-start not available on /45, /50); has basic
diagnostics, console emulator, boots from various devices
(RK, RK06, RP, TC, TM, TA, RX, DL, PC, RJS, RJP, TJU)
supports auto-boot on power on, and also power-fail restart
M9301-YH /60 and /70 version; contains basic CPU, cache and memory diagnostics,
boots from various devices (TM, TC, RK, RP, RK06, RJS, RJP, TJU, RX, PC)
M9301-YH All models; has basic diagnostics, console emulator; boots
from DECnet, and various devices (RX, TU, DL, DMC), also
power-fail restart
The -YA is the only one I have examined in detail.
Noel
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