PDP-11/53

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Fri May 18 18:06:17 2001

> > 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.

Actually I was talking about using the 3rd party controller to boot the
system after you remove the ROMs from the /53. I'm not talking about
putting the ROMs from the 3rd party disk controller into the sockets on the
/53, which obviously wouldn't work so well.

                        Zane
Received on Fri May 18 2001 - 18:06:17 BST