Who made the SQ703/SQ706? Is this a rebadge Viking board? If so then it’s the PAL.
I think that the OED needs to improve their definition of VAX. Zane > On Nov 1, 2021, at 4:23 AM, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > A few months ago, thanks to help from several people here, I converted > an SQ703 TMSCP controller to SQ706 MSCP. > > I had problems trying to use it on the vax due to the complexity of > mapping Q-Bus registers under ODT, so put off trying until I got the > LSI-11/73 going. > > Now I have a problem: It seems to run and recognise the controller as > SQ706 according to the on-board diagnostics, however it insists saying > it is at 777450, the TMSCP address. Trying to change it gives me an > out-of-bounds message. > > OK, I thought, I will just use it there. > > Put it in to a running RT11 system and it shows up at 772150 and clashes > with an existing controller! > > It seems that one of the PALs is maybe setting up the address! > > Anybody else tried this? > > cheers, > > Nigel > > Here's the fun: > https://www(dot)bbc(dot)com/news/entertainment-arts-59089596 > > Maybe our vax computers will become popular once again! > > -- > Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU > Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! > Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.john...@ieee.org > > >
