PDP 11/23 Help

From: Mark Honeycutt <mfhoneycutt_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon Dec 13 10:47:37 1999

Greetings,

I just picked up a PDP 11/23 in excellent condition from an accountant that
was going to dispose of it. It has two RL02 drives and 10 disk packs. My
background in DEC stuff is only VMS, so I checked around and found some info
on booting the machine, which I did successfully.. once. I was able to get a
directory listing and type a few files. The system has RT-11 v4.00 with a
runtime package in Dibol for general ledger, etc. I halted the machine and
tried to restart it again, only this time it complains.

The display I'm getting is..

TESTING MEMORY
0124.KW
START? Y
000010

_at_

I also tried 173000G at the _at_ prompt, and still get 000010. Is there
something I'm doing wrong here? I've also been searching for a FAQ of some
type on RT-11 and the 11/23. Found some stuff, but would be very interested
if someone has a jewel URL they'd be willing to share.

Like I said, the machine is in beautiful shape, been well cared for, one
owner. I had to drive 5 hours one way to get it (Houston to Shreveport, LA),
but was worth every mile.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

Mark Honeycutt
Baytown, TX
Received on Mon Dec 13 1999 - 10:47:37 GMT