Re: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-18 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 18/06/2019 01:56, Joe Zatarski via cctech wrote: OK, so where should a thing like this go: https://pastebin.com/taQwaTV6 Anybody got a decent place to upload that? it's my notes on the MS650-AA, and more generally the KA650 CMCTL memory subsystem. Includes my theory of operation of the CMCTL

Re: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-18 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Joe Zatarski > OK, so where should a thing like this go: ... Anybody got a decent > place to upload that? As always, the CHWiki is available for any vintage computer stuff. I can set up an account for anyone here who wants one. I have posted similar information for PDP-11 mem

Re: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-17 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
OK, so where should a thing like this go: https://pastebin.com/taQwaTV6 Anybody got a decent place to upload that? it's my notes on the MS650-AA, and more generally the KA650 CMCTL memory subsystem. Includes my theory of operation of the CMCTL, the organization of memory, the ECC equations (kinda

RE: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-16 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
Thanks, I am aware of BitSavers of course, so I am not sure why I didn’t think to look there! Regards Rob From: Joe Zatarski Sent: 16 June 2019 15:39 To: r...@jarratt.me.uk Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video) sorry

Re: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-16 Thread Joe Zatarski via cctalk
sorry, the technical manual actually, which has an architecture *chapter* http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/650/ The idea, eventually, is that I will publish my notes so that you wouldn't need the logic analyzer, at least for the 8MB board. I just had it hooked up, so I demoed it. The notes wil

RE: DEC KA650 VAX memory troubleshooting (video)

2019-06-16 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
That is really interesting, sadly I don't have quite as much gear as you, I only have a basic logic analyser, but I am not currently trying to fix a MS650 memory board. You mentioned a KA650 architecture manual and you had a PDF of it in the video. I couldn't find it on Manx? Where can I find it