On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Noel Chiappa <j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
> > From: William Degnan > > > my focus has been on just getting an 11/40 hardware working > > Rightly and properly so... > > > I suppose I should be happy with RT-11 given my circumstances. > > Unix really is a significant improvement, we really need to make sure you > can > run it. Don't worry about the OS image issue, I can crank them out like > sausages, and we already have all the bits we need (V6 RL driver, > bootstrap, > etc). > > > > It's not possible with the 3 over the back cables to put the 7238 on > a > > riser card to probe signals as easily. > > Really? DEC specified BC08R-01 cables, which _should_ be long enough to > allow > it to be put on an extender. Does your machine have the -01's, or have they > been replaced with little shorty ones? > > If the latter, if you can't find any -01's, it should be possible to locate > some generic 40-pin cables, which should work (old IDE cables should work, > but not the new ones, which have a key that will prevent the connectors > from > going in, in this application). > > Also, it should not to be too hard to whip up some: the connectors and the > flat cable are pretty easy to find - although not the ground-plane backed > kind - do anyone know of a source for that? Anyway, the regular kind of > flat > cable ought to work well enough for debugging. > > Noel > Very well! I will find some cables. I have XXDP+ on disk, I can make other versions if need be. Also, I can "replace the caps" if need be, but I'd like to find a routine or XXDP for this so I can see if there is a specific error to address instead, assuming I can boot up XXDP+ with the M7238 installed.. I read the manual. I looked for quite a while and could not find the XXDP+ that tests the 11/40 EIS. I searched by part number. Perhaps these tests are bundled with others and I am missing it. I am familiar with the database of tests online that has many but no KE11-E M7238 EIS Diagnostics...Sorry to have to ask, I checked what places I know of, WWW search etc. Can anyone suggest the name of the test so I can run it? Again, thanks for your help and encouragement. Bill
