Vintage Computer Festival declared on Monday 07 February 2005 10:04 pm:
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > > I also have a Qbus terminator board. No bootROMs or diags,
> > > just the terminator.
> >
> > I've got one of those (M9400) from my 11/03 that's in my 11/780, so
> > I guess I discounted that. None of the machines I've had have
> > *required* termination in order to work, however.
>
> The M9400-YA does have boot PROMs. I've got one in this 11/23. The
> weird thing is that the DSD-440 controller was in this system
> originally, and it has its own boot PROMs. However, the terminator is
> in a second bus segment. Does that make a difference?
Not all M9400s do, as mine doesn't have the proms (it has the traces and
holes in the PCB, but it hasn't been populated with chips, or even
sockets). But yes, some M9400s do have boot PROMs.
Pat
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