On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> On Friday 04 February 2005 15:41, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > What's now really strange is why the computer is halting at 173204.
> > How the hell did it get all the way up there?
> >
> > Is it possible that some other hardware in the system is conflicting
> > with the disk controller?
>
> Perhaps the controller you're using doesn't have boot roms on it? You
> could try entering a bootstrap by hand to boot the system. Here's a
> starting point:
Yes, both controllers I've tried to use so far have boot PROMs.
> http://www.shiresoft.com/pdp-11/software/bootstraps/bootstraps.html
>
> I'm assuming that you've already figured out how to use ODT. :)
I'm way beyond this point, but thanks anyway :)
What the hell happened to all the DEC hackers here?!!?
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