11/44 is alive :)

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Fri Feb 14 12:07:00 2003

Thanks to all who helped! I checked out my backplane (NOW I see why the 44's
always tilt up in the rack, so you can frequently get to the backplane
wiring) and sure enough, missing NPR jumpers. I wire wrapped them back in
(laughing at just how long ago it was since I had to use a wirewrap tool)
and now - voila. The 44 comes up just fine, passing T, T/E, and T/A tests
anyways. I can also deposit and examine a random memory location or two,
probably a good sign.

Now I just have to find out why it doesn't seem to think I have a TU58
attached...then get some RL02's up...

Another question - I was perusing the net for what OS's I can run on the 44.
I already have RT11 with TSX+ up on another machine, so on this one I was
looking for something different. Being as my bent is multiuser basic
machines (like HP2000 TSB), I was piqued by some references to EduSystem25 I
think it's called. I got the impression it USED to be Poly BASIC, but that
software was later acquired by DEC and turned into the EduSystem25. There
was a link saying where EduSystem25 can be found, but alas, the link is
dead. Does anyone know where manuals and media might be found for
EduSystem25?

Thanks!

Jay West
Received on Fri Feb 14 2003 - 12:07:00 GMT