Re: RK11-D "diskless" test ZRKJE0???

2020-07-09 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 7/9/20 7:02 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctech wrote:   I have an 11/04 with an RK11-D.  I have a couple of RK05s, but I wanted to test the controller before I start working on the drives.  The PDP11 Diagnostic Handbook says that ZRKJ?? "checks only the drive-independent logic of the RK11 contr

RK11-D "diskless" test ZRKJE0???

2020-07-09 Thread Robert Armstrong via cctalk
  I have an 11/04 with an RK11-D.  I have a couple of RK05s, but I wanted to test the controller before I start working on the drives.  The PDP11 Diagnostic Handbook says that ZRKJ?? "checks only the drive-independent logic of the RK11 controller. no drive is needed..."  I assumed that meant it

Re: RK11-D "diskless" test ZRKJE0???

2020-07-09 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
The error signal was wire-or'ed through up to four drives, so it must be terminated somewhere - IIRC there was a Unibus terminator in the last drive, but it has been 45 years since I worked on them, the little grey cells are fading _\:-) cheers, Nigel Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MC

Re: RK11-D "diskless" test ZRKJE0???

2020-07-09 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Jul 9, 2020, at 5:02 PM, Robert Armstrong via cctech > wrote: > I have an 11/04 with an RK11-D. I have a couple of RK05s, but I wanted to > test the controller before I start working on the drives. The PDP11 > Diagnostic Handbook says that ZRKJ?? "checks only the drive-independent logi