On May 18, 13:41, healyzh_at_aracnet.com wrote:
> On May 18, 14:06, Eric Dittman wrote:
> > I've been gifted with a PDP-11/53 (or 53+) CPU module.
> I just heard from someone a few minutes ago, that if you've got a 3rd
party
> disk controller that you can boot the system off you should be able to
> simply remove the ROM's.
Well, only if they fit, physically and electrically. Most 3rd-party boot
ROMs I've seen (eg Dilog, Emulex, Plessey, GR, etc) wouldn't be the right
type for the board. The code might work; I suspect the ROMs from an 11/73
or 11/83 might work. I never used an 11/53 much, but from what I remember
it's pretty much like other 11/73+ or 11/83 boards, just with memory on it
as well as SLUs and bootstrap etc. I've no doubt someone else (Megan?
Allison? others?) can expand on the differences.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Fri May 18 2001 - 16:21:01 BST