> In article <7v20se$i4n$1_at_info.cs.uofs.edu>,
> Bill Gunshannon <bill_at_cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
> > Can anyone give me a rundown on the commands needed to use ZRQBC1
> > to format an RD52??
>
> > Is there docmentation available anywhere for XXDP?? People always
> > tell me UNIX is too cryptic, what would they say if the saw XXDP??
>
> I wonder what extent DEC's naming conventions led to their ultimate
> downfall? Once you're used to it you can tell a LA120 from an RZ28 and
> a KZPCM-AA from a FRPG4-WI, but damn...
>
> --
> In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <peter_at_baileynm.com>
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Is my memory of the breakdown of the diags correct?
+--> Diag software
| +--> Second diag
| |
ZRQBC1
| |
| +-->Revision C patch level 1
+--RQDX? disk controller (does the R stand for Rotating Memory Here?)
Always found DEC's PDP11/Vax naming conventions made more sense than IBM's or
HP's. (Except for the DL/RL/DM/RM/RK issues with boot rom input
vs. drive names...)
And their diag supervisor xxdp diags were much easier to deal with
than almost anything else. (I loved the early xxdp stuff you had to
deposit to constant locations to change the seek/read-write timings).
Bill
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Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 14:59:04 BST