On Jul 17, 22:44, Robert Armstrong wrote:
> 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+.
Correct.
> 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?
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2003-October/020356.html
> 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?
No. No. That is, it doesn't matter :-)
> Dumb question #3 - does it matter which one of the microcode option
> sockets you plug the FPF11 into?
Probably not, though it's meant to go into socket 2.
> And... #4 - how do you know if the thing's working? Short of
having
> the diagnostics for it, of course, which I don't.
Run the diags, or run an OS that detects it (RT-11 will) and some code
that should run faster if it's there?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Sun Jul 18 2004 - 02:16:53 BST