PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem
Peter Coghlan
cctalk at beyondthepale.ie
Fri Feb 15 06:46:15 CST 2019
Fritz Mueller wrote:
>
> That's right -- I wasn't without an army, it was just a very small and
> quite dedicated army! :-)
>
> I think I'd have gone down many blind alleys without help and perspective
> provided by others here, and in particular a lot guidance provided by Noel
> over the past couple weeks in private correspondence enabling the use of
> V6 as a test case and investigative tool. For this I am very grateful.
>
I very much enjoyed following the story of tracking down this fault.
Thanks for sharing it.
>
> As those of you who have worked on these machines know, they are just so
> damn serviceable, by design. It's very empowering!
>
I wish that this was also the case with several DEC Alphas I have with
cache failures that are not nearly so serviceable or empowering :-(
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
>
> --FritzM.
>
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