Connecting a FPF11 to a 11/23+ (Dumb Questions)

From: Robert Armstrong <bob_at_jfcl.com>
Date: Sun Jul 18 00:44:12 2004

  I just got my hands on an FPF11 board, and naturally I want to connect
it to my 11/23+ right away! I understand that the 40 pin header on the
card edge connects to a 40 pin DIP plug that goes into one of the
microcode option sockets on the 11/23+.
 
  Dumb question #1 - is it conventional to install the FPF11 in the slot
immediately below the CPU, thus displacing all the memory boards down a
slot? Or does the FPF11 go in the first Q/Q slot (slot 4) ? Or does it
even matter?
 
  Dumb question #2 - the handbook says, "[the FPF11] ... complements the
KEF11-AA". Does this mean that the FIS option chip must _also_ be
installed in the 11/23+? Or must it _not_ be installed?
 
  Dumb question #3 - does it matter which one of the microcode option
sockets you plug the FPF11 into?
 
  And... #4 - how do you know if the thing's working? Short of having
the diagnostics for it, of course, which I don't.
 
Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
 
Received on Sun Jul 18 2004 - 00:44:12 BST