Re: PDP-11/73 boot issues

2021-09-24 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
> Pete Turnbull via cctalk writes: > >> On 21/09/2021 20:34, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: >>> Can an MXV11 be used in a 22 bit system? I thought it was an 18 bit >>> device? >> >> MXV11-B is 22-bit. MXV11-A is 18-bit but supposedly can be used in a >> 22-bit system if the RAM is disabled. > >

Re: PDP-11/73 boot issues

2021-09-21 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Pete Turnbull via cctalk writes: > On 21/09/2021 20:34, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: >> Can an MXV11 be used in a 22 bit system? I thought it was an 18 bit >> device? > > MXV11-B is 22-bit. MXV11-A is 18-bit but supposedly can be used in a > 22-bit system if the RAM is disabled. Yeah this is

Re: PDP-11/73 boot issues

2021-09-21 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 21/09/2021 20:34, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Can an MXV11 be used in a 22 bit system? I thought it was an 18 bit device? MXV11-B is 22-bit. MXV11-A is 18-bit but supposedly can be used in a 22-bit system if the RAM is disabled. -- Pete Pete Turnbull

Re: PDP-11/73 boot issues

2021-09-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Can an MXV11 be used in a 22 bit system? I thought it was an 18 bit device? That could cause all sorts of hilarity. C On 9/21/2021 3:21 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote: This is an interesting amount of physical memory to report (1152K). What memory board(s) do you have installed? Other

Re: PDP-11/73 boot issues

2021-09-21 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
> > This is an interesting amount of physical memory to report (1152K). What > memory board(s) do you have installed? > > Other than that, this output looks sane to me. I'd suggest booting XXDP > and running CPU, memory diagnostics from there. > > - Josh Thanks, I forgot about XXDP. I have ran

Re: PDP-11/73 boot issues

2021-09-21 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:05 PM Aaron Jackson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > My PDP-11/73 has started misbehaving after several years of being very > stable. It is showing symptoms similar to when I've forgotten to enable > the LTC in the past, except this time, it is

PDP-11/73 boot issues

2021-09-21 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
Hi all, My PDP-11/73 has started misbehaving after several years of being very stable. It is showing symptoms similar to when I've forgotten to enable the LTC in the past, except this time, it is enable. Power supply seems good - +5V, +12V, all seems there and appears to be stable. I've probed