VAX 11/730 quickie

[Mike Ross]

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 1:56 AM, tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> See row of red LEDs on M8391? On power-up the leftmost LED lights and
>> goes out. Then the rightmost two LEDs light and stay on...
>
> I can't remember exactly what mine does, but I do remember 2 LEDs at one
> end being on when it settles down. So I think yours is probably OK.
>
> Of course I don't know mine works, I need to get a working TU58 tape...

That's good to know on the LEDs. Yes I checked the PSU first; three
red lights. The baud rate switches are set for 4800 - the default.
think I have the console cable correct - and just in case I buggered
the Rx/Tx I tried it with them swapped. Nothing. Never so much as a
garbage character on the terminal - and I know the terminal works ok!
Nothing funky in the settings there as far as I can see.

Anything you can tell me about  the POST on your machine - the timing
- what appears on the console and when etc. - would be helpful.

I plan to use an Arduino-based TU58 emulator when the time comes =
although I would like real working TU58s too!

Mike

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