Restoration of an 11/34a

From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Apr 13 21:09:10 1999

>You did remember to cut the NPG jumper on the slot that you stuck the
>RL11 in, I hope...

Thanks... I did forget (I've done mostly Qbus for quite awhile...
so the UNIBUS specific stuff may slip my mind for a bit)

>That's the most common 11/34 problem, assuming you're using an M9302
>terminator. You have a grant open somewhere (either you're missing an
>continuity card or you've got an NPG jumper missing). THe M9302 then
>asserts SACK, the CPU tries to remove the asserted grant line but can't,
>and it locks up.

Aha... right... I'll have to check the backplane... there were a number
of boards in it, some were probably DMA devices... (as I said, it may
take a little time for it to come back to me...)

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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