>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.
Congrats on the acquisition...
>The display I'm getting is..
>
>TESTING MEMORY
>0124.KW
>START? Y
>000010
>_at_
Sounds like either the boot board (if the CPU is an 11/23, it is
probably a BDV11, if an 11/23+, it has the BDV-style boot roms), or
the device interface.
Since it is supposed to have RLs, try typing 'DL0' at the 'Start?'
prompt. If this doesn't work, then I would suspect the RLV
interface...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Mon Dec 13 1999 - 12:41:21 GMT