On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
> > From: William Degnan > > > The problem was a missing KJ11 > > Ah. Well, if you want to add one (I assume you've just re-jumpered the > machine for the moment), I do have one we can copy (for the PC etch) - I'm > assuming here that originals are now unobtainium. > > Also, if you have the KE11-E, but not the KE11-F (the former is a prereq > for > the latter), and would like one, I have one I have no use for (Unix doesn't > use that version of the PDP-11 floating point), and would be willing to > trade > it for something I do have a use for. > > > My error. Lesson: Always check everything. > > Yes, always a good rule when dealing with recovered machines. I always take > them apart and go through them completely, verifying all cables, etc from > the > original documentation. > > Noel > Actually I had one, put it in, fixed problem. i.e. I kept the jumpers as-is, added the KJ11, system now works better in that I can load BASIC, diagnostics, etc. Does not mean the system is perfect though, but I have been able to move to the next point in the troubleshooting process - Goal to boot RT-11 from an RL02. -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
