START? DL0 worked great! Many thanks for the lended hand.
-----Original Message-----
From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: PDP 11/23 Help
>
>>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 - 17:03:16 GMT