Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-21 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 02/21/2021 03:33 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: "0" here selects DR (Destination Register) input to the mux and is incorrect; it should be 1 (PCB). During a single-instruction-step run, this value reads out OK on the analyzer. I noted a few other discrepancies in the capture (all of which

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-21 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:45 AM Josh Dersch wrote: > > > I hooked the LA up to the two PROM bits that select the AMX input (RACC > UAMX00 H and RACC UAMX01 H), on the ROM & Address Control board. These > come from the PROM at U101 and go through a 74S174 at E97 before heading > over to the DAP

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-17 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 02/17/2021 02:45 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: "0" here selects DR (Destination Register) input to the mux and is incorrect; it should be 1 (PCB). During a single-instruction-step run, this value reads out OK on the analyzer. I noted a few other discrepancies in the capture (all of whic

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-17 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 5:08 PM Fritz Mueller via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 2:36 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > So you could set up on t4 or t5 of that microinstruction with the KM11... > > > On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:08 AM,

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-16 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 2:36 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk > wrote: > So you could set up on t4 or t5 of that microinstruction with the KM11... > On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > I can't, though -- all of this stuff works fine when running slowly :) Oh right -- I keep forgett

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-16 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 2:36 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Feb 16, 2021, at 1:13 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > > My money's on t5 going wrong -- an ALU input mux or operation being > selected incorrectly, possibly. This also somewhat explains why execution > d

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-16 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Feb 16, 2021, at 1:13 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > My money's on t5 going wrong -- an ALU input mux or operation being selected > incorrectly, possibly. This also somewhat explains why execution doesn't > trap due to executing a HALT from an odd address -- it isn't actually > executing fro

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-16 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 8:01 PM Fritz Mueller via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi Josh, > > In the situation you describe, I guess I would first chip clip '174s for a > slice of both PCA and PBC on the LA, run the troublesome instruction > sequence, and look at the trace. Check that C

Re: PDP-11/70 progress (and a cry for help)

2021-02-15 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
Hi Josh, In the situation you describe, I guess I would first chip clip '174s for a slice of both PCA and PBC on the LA, run the troublesome instruction sequence, and look at the trace. Check that CLKPCA H and CLKPCB H are happening when and only when expected, and that all the timing there lo