strange number corruption on pdp11/34
Don North
ak6dn at mindspring.com
Thu Jan 29 23:37:54 CST 2015
So here is the octal print routine in the M9312 console boot prom for the '34:
; print an octal number followed by one <SP>
;
; R0 = register value to print
; R1 = return address
; R2 = temp char
; R3 = temp addr
prtoct: mov #<'0/bit1>,r2 ; ascii 0 right 1b
sec ; shift a 1 into R0 lsb as done bit
1$: rol r0 ; msb out of R0
rolb r2 ; into lsb of R2
mov pc,r3 ; ret addr
br txchar ; print char in R2
mov #<BL*bit8>+200+<'0/bit3>,r2 ; ascii SP upper, ascii 0 right 3b lower
2$: asl r0 ; msb out of R0
beq 3$ ; when R0 has gone to zero we are done
rolb r2 ; into lsb of R2
bcs 2$ ; loop once more if flagbit was set
br 1$ ; go get last bit and print char
3$: swab r2 ; move the SP from upper byte to lower
mov pc,r3 ; ret addr
br txchar ; print the space char in R2
retR1: cmp (r1)+,(r1)+ ; bump return address ptr R1 by +4
jmp -2(r1) ; return to (R1)-2
So I would speculate either 'rol' or 'rolb' are always rotating in a 0 bit instead of the
c-bit, or possibly the c-bit is stuck at zero.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 29, 2015 7:08 PM
>To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>Subject: Re: strange number corruption on pdp11/34
>
>So, pardon the large post, but here's the real comparison between my
>'mysterious zero bug' KD11E-A cpu board M8266, and my good one: First is
>the bad. Note that even at power on, I have to halt and restart the
>console emulator at 165200. Look at the registers, all blanked to zeroes
>and missing digits, too. It did manage to boot xxdp, but when I tried to
>enter the correct address and vector to ZRLG??, it actually told me I was
>wrong and couldn't even run the test on the device that way. Then I just
>accepted the default (which was presented as zeroes) and it did run. Two
>passes. Blinking lights and audible head movement. I let it run for two
>passes, but it presented even that as zero passes and spit a bunch of
>zeroes in the results. Just for kicks, I then booted (and very promptly
>crashed) RSX. It crash-dumped, giving a whole lot of zeroes. Next post
>will be same test with the good KD11E-A; stay tuned..
>
>thx
>jake
>
>
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>BOOTING UP XXDP-XM EXTENDED MONITOR
>
>
>XXDP-XM EXTENDED MONITOR - XXDP V2.5
>REVISION: F0
>BOOTED FROM DL0
>124KW OF MEMORY
>UNIBUS SYSTEM
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>.R ?RLG??
>NRLGA0.BIC
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>DRSSM-G2
>CNRLG-A-0
>CNRLG TESTS CONTROLLER FUNCTIONS, INTERFACE LOGIC, REGISTER OPERATION
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>DR>START
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>CHANGE HW (L) ? Y
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># UNITS (D) ? 1
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>BUS ADDRESS (O) 0 ? 174400
>
># TOO LARGE
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>
># TOO LARGE
>BUS ADDRESS (O) 0 ?
>VECTOR (O) 0 ? 160
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>
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>DRIVE (O) 0 ?
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>CHANGE SW (L) ? N
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>NXT TST MAY ZERO LD UNIT. DOIT ANYWAY?Y
>
>
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>BR LEVEL (O) 0 ?
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>CHANGE SW (L) ? N
>
>NXT TST MAY ZERO LD UNIT. DOIT ANYWAY?Y
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
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>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
>CONTROLLER: 000000 DRIVE: 0
>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
>CONTROLLER: 000000 DRIVE: 0
>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
>LAST: 000000 PRES: 000000 EXP'D: 000000
>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
>CONTROLLER: 000000 DRIVE: 0
>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
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>
>CNRLG EOP 0
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
>CONTROLLER: 000000 DRIVE: 0
>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
>LAST: 000000 PRES: 000000 EXP'D: 000000
>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
>CONTROLLER: 000000 DRIVE: 0
>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
>LAST: 000000 PRES: 000000 EXP'D: 000000
>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
>CONTROLLER: 000000 DRIVE: 0
>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
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>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
>TIME OF ERROR: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000?
>LAST: 000000 PRES: 000000 EXP'D: 000000
>
>CNRLG DVC FTL ERR 00000 ON UNIT 00 TST 000 SUB 000 PC: 000000
>BAD SEEK-TEST OF DIFFENCE WORD
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>BEFORE COMMAND: CS: 000000 BA: 000000 DA: 000000 MP: 000000
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>CNRLG EOP 0
> 0 TOTAL ERRS
>^C
>DR>^C^C
>DR>
>XIT^U
>EXIT
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> DEVICE DD000: NOT IN CONFIGURATION
>DEVICE DD100: NOT IN CONFIGURATION
>DEVICE DY002: NOT IN CONFIGURATION
>DEVICE DY102: NOT IN CONFIGURATION
>DEVICE NI002: NOT IN CONFIGURATION
>
> RSX-11M V4.1 BL35 124.K MAPPED
>
>SYSTEM CRASH AT LOCATION 000000
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>REGISTERS
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>
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>CRASH -- CONT WITH SCRATCH MEDIA ON DY0
>
>On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> ok, now with my 'good' 11/34 board set (not the set with the mysterious
>> zero bug) installed, I re-ran xxdp against the rl02. I'm getting proper
>> prompts with the address and vectors supplied with non-zero numbers as
>> defaults. I just hit return like I had been doing with the 'zero-bug' cpu
>> boards and this time, the tests run, the drive blinks wildly like before,
>> and I get real results with real numbers filled in. I think this pretty
>> conclusively proves that there's something really weird (mysterious zero
>> bug) going on with my other board set.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2015-01-29 20:14, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 29/01/2015 18:32, Jacob Ritorto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Johnny, you're insisting that I put in the real numbers for address
>>>>> and csr
>>>>> for testing the drive (for instance). I'm going to do that next, here.
>>>>> But are you understanding that some of us think that the reason it
>>>>> prompts
>>>>> a zero default is that it's a manifestation of the zero bug and that the
>>>>> real value *is* actually safe but hidden in memory? Did you see the
>>>>> RSX-11M crash dump I posted in the other thread?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I didn't see a crash dump, but did you see what I posted yesterday?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I haven't seen any crash dumps either.
>>>
>>> The default in XXDP for CSRs is very often zero, and I'm pretty sure it
>>>> is so in the RL02 diagnostics (I've ont checked the listing for that
>>>> particular one, but I did look at some others that were more readily to
>>>> hand). So when it asked you for input and you just hit "return", you
>>>> really did tell it zero. Applying the principle of Occam's Razor, and
>>>> assuming the simplest solution is the correct one, you got a lot of
>>>> zeros back because it was accessing memory instead of the controller you
>>>> wanted.
>>>>
>>>> It's hard to believe you have a CPU fault that consistently prints
>>>> numbers as zeros yet happily boots three different OSs. Still, I'll
>>>> change the tune if you re-run XXDP with sensible inputs.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Totally agree with that one.
>>>
>>>
>>> Johnny
>>>
>>> --
>>> Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
>>> || on a psychedelic trip
>>> email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
>>> pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
>>>
>>
>>
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