Thanks for the helpful quick start information. Plenty of info for me to get started with, thanks. I will post back with the current configuration of the machine. I do have a M9312 card installed, I just need to get the vt100 connected and see if I can get to the console emulator prompt.
--Devin On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Noel Chiappa <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Devin Davison > > >> If the machine HALTs on power-up, some micro coded diagnostic failed > > There are no microcoded diagnostics in the 11/34. The boot ROMs do contain > minimal CPU and memory diagnostics. > > > using pdp11gui to load the dec diagnostics sounds like the way to go. > > The CPU and UNIBUS have to be basically working for the boot ROMs (and the > console emulator they provide via the console serial line) to work; ditto > for > PDP11GUI. Note that the console emulator will work without working memory, > provided the correct boot option (console emulator without diagnostics) is > configured on the card that holds the boot ROMs. You won't, of course, be > able to load anything without working memory. > > And the Programmer's Console doesn't require working memory either, and a > lot > less of the CPU working - the CPU only has to respond to HALT requests from > the console. (I had one /04 - very similar to the /34, uses the same front > console - which didn't run because there was a bit stuck on in all the > registers - but the console still worked.) It does require the UNIBUS not > to > be wedged, though. > > Noel >
