>> I've got RSX-11M and XXDP RL02 packs, and can boot from either. I've
>> managed to make a bootable XXDP floppy diskette. I can boot the machine
>> directly off of the XXDP floppy on power up. I can boot the XXDP floppy
>> from the XXDP RL02 pack, and then boot the XXDP RL02 pack from floppy.
>> However, if I power up and boot from floppy, I can not boot the XXDP RL02
>> pack. Is this because the Boot ROMs don't support RL02's?
>
>Which version XXDP+ are you using?
And I thought I'd managed every detail :^) ver 2.5
>> Does anyone have any instructions for a Dilog DQ606 controller? I gather
>> that it can be configured to act as several different floppy drives. The
>> drives that came with it are labeled as being a RX-50 and a RX-33, yet
>> RSX-11M sees both as RX-02's. I'd like to get these changed back to RX-50
>> and RX-33.
>
>I don't have the details, but every DQ606 I've ever seen is MSCP
>emulation (DU: devices). I'm surprised myself by the fact that it
>could somehow be switched to RX02 mode. Is it really responding
>at the standard RX02 CSR of 17777170?
Hmmm, this is interesting, I just booted off of a RSX11M tape (the only way
I could think of to get the tape, and it reports that there are RL, MU, and
_DU_ devices. No mention of DY devices. Now to boot the RSX11M pack....
Ummm, never mind. Doesn't look like I'll be using that controller in a
SMS-1000 anymore. My guess is that it and the built in controller are
conflicting and the built in won (this _might_ explain a few of my other
problems). I took a closer look at the output of 'show dev' and realized
it's saying it's got the potential for a couple of RX02's, not that it has
them. Didn't realize that was what I was looking at before.
So is there anything else the DQ606 can do, besides act as a DU floppy
controller? Does it have any boot ROMs of its own?
>> I've also got a PDP-11/44 that I'm slowly working on restoring. It's in
>> two racks, one has a pair of RL02's which have been cleaned up. The other
>> has the CPU, 2 RX-02's, 2 TU-58's, and a battery backup. In looking at the
>> CPU, it looks as if it has a LED for the battery backup.
>
>The DEC battery backup systems that I own for the 11/44 don't have
>a LED anywhere on them. Where is this LED? What's the "Hnnnn" number
>on the battery backup box you have?
The LED isn't on the battery pack, it's on the front panel of the CPU (at
least there appears to be one there). It's a 'H7750 Battery Backup',
actually
H7750 AA.
>No. The 11/44 will run just fine without it.
GOOD!
Thanks,
Zane
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