Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-10 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Warner Losh > Do those chips have ROM numbers on them? I have updated the: https://gunkies.org/wiki/KD11-E_CPU https://gunkies.org/wiki/KD11-EA_CPU articles with the DEC part numbers for the i) microcode and ii) instruction decode PROms. That's not all the PROMs on the Cont

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-10 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
Looking at my inventory, I seem to have no less than four spare M8266 (plus one in my 11/34 that runs, plus probably another in my 11/34 out in the garage.) Rod, where are you located? JRJ On 2/9/2022 6:16 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: Hi     We have narrowed the problem down. Its t

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-09 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Wed, Feb 9, 2022, 5:16 PM Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > Hi > > We have narrowed the problem down. > > Its the instruction decode ROM's that are the issue. > > The images of those are whats needed. > Do those chips have ROM numbers on them? 23-x is the usual format... Warner Reg

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-09 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi     We have narrowed the problem down. Its the instruction decode ROM's that are the issue. The images of those are whats needed. Regards Rod On 09/02/2022 23:14, Sytse van Slooten via cctalk wrote: On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:04 PM Warner Losh wrote: I found https://deramp.com/downloads/m

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-09 Thread Sytse van Slooten via cctalk
>>> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:04 PM Warner Losh wrote: > >>> I found >>> https://deramp.com/downloads/mfe_archive/011-Digital%20Equipment%20Corporation/08%20PDP-11/01%20PDP-1104-1134/05%20PDP-1104-1134%20Microcode/ >>> which has the source code... >>> >>> But I couldn't find the tools to use thes

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-09 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi  Thank you all for your kind and quick replies. I am sure somebody will come up with the actual images either the original files or derived from what we have. As the key to the function of the 11/34 CPU their addition to the body of informatio they will be of imense benefit to us all. R

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
>>> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 6:18 PM Rod Smallwood wrote: >>> On the M8266 CPU control board a defective 7404 (E111) has killed a >>> bunch of the PROMs holding the microcode. That's pretty astonishing; I've heard of PROMs dropping bits over time, but I'm a bit amazed to hear of a failu

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-08 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:04 PM Warner Losh wrote: > I found > https://deramp.com/downloads/mfe_archive/011-Digital%20Equipment%20Corporation/08%20PDP-11/01%20PDP-1104-1134/05%20PDP-1104-1134%20Microcode/ > which has the source code... > > But I couldn't find the tools to use these files to create

Re: PDP-11/34 CPU PROMS

2022-02-08 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
I found https://deramp.com/downloads/mfe_archive/011-Digital%20Equipment%20Corporation/08%20PDP-11/01%20PDP-1104-1134/05%20PDP-1104-1134%20Microcode/ which has the source code... But I couldn't find the tools to use these files to create microcode images. http://filedump.theglitchworks.net/softwa