RA81 Rides Again! More problems.u

From: Daniel A. Seagraves <dseagrav_at_bsdserver.tek-star.net>
Date: Sat Aug 23 15:07:46 1997

On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:

>
> Time to get down to basics: what boards are in this system? How
> are they configured? Which version of RSTS/E?

And we're off!

Every little bit I can come up with.

The system is in two cabinets. Two BA11s.
I have an RA81 for the boot drive, two TU58s in the main cabinet, the
console terminal (A Wyse 30 for now), and a real funny plug in the system
case. 3 rows of wires in a printer-style plug. LP11?


BA11 #1:

This is the system box, BTW. The one whose power cord I hacked up.
The DEC power cord is 120VAC, 1 phase, etc etc. But it has a sideways
pin. So I whacked the end off a PC cable, soldered the appropriate pin to
the appropriate wire, and plugged her in. It worked.
The power controller plug was too wierd to mess with.

Slot
1 M7090
2 Empty
3 M7093
4 M7094
5 M7095
6 M7096
7 M7097
8 M7098
9 M8743 BF
10 M8722 BB
11 M8722 BB
12 M8722 BC
13 Grant Contnuity jumper
14 M9202 and GCJ
15 other end of M9202 and GCJ
16 M8719
17 M8719
18 M7258
19 M7297 and M7296
20 Unlabled
21 Same
22 M5904
23 M5904
24 M5904
25 GCJ
26 M9300 and GCJ
27 Bus extender ribbons and GCJ

Raised the BA11 and checked out the backplane. Looks fine.

BA11 #2

1 Other end of bus extender and GCJ
2 M8719
3 M8719
4 M920 and GCJ
5 Other end and M7297 and M7296
6 M7295
7 M7294
8 M5904
9 M5904
10 M5904
11 M9300 and GCJ
12 M9300 and GCJ
13 M9202 and GCJ
14 other end and GCJ
15 M7486
16 M7485
17 GCJ



>
> RSTS/E is *extremely* picky about configuration
> details. If some boards have been pulled and/or added without
> carefully following the rules about ordering CSR's and vectors, it's
> not surprising that RSTS/E falls and can't get up.

Not even booting? And when it does boot, I get
LP0: device not interrupting - disabled
or something like that
Received on Sat Aug 23 1997 - 15:07:46 BST