I *might* be able to help, *if* you also have a MicroVax you can plug this controller into - eventually (months). I have a pair of MicroVaxen with Emulex QD32 SMD controllers in my collection. (My inventory shows them as QD325, but I expect that is a misnomer; my notes indicate QD32).
With those machines I also got an Emulex Diagnostic tape, VX9962004 Rev J. My notes indicate it has these diagnostics: FQD01M MSCP Formatter: QD01, QD32, SC03 FVD03M: UCxx Host Adapter Format FVD32M MSCP Formatter: QD01, QD32, SC41, SC03 IQC02: DHV11 Option of CS02/H Diagnostic IQT12: TS11 Compatible QT12/TC03 Diagnostic IVC23E: CS23/CS04 Diagnostic I have not used that tape in several years, though, I don't seem to have made an image of that tape at this point (shame on me). (Now on my ToDo list - but it will probably be a couple of months). On 2/20/2018 5:49 PM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > Would anyone here be able to help me troubleshoot my qd32 controller? I > have a pdp11/73 that's mostly working, boots 2.11bsd from rl02 okay, but I > need my big disk to work so I can load the rest of the distro. > I've been following the manual for the qd32 to enter the geometry of my > real working Fuji m2333 (jumpered correctly according to the manuals), but > when I load the special command into the qd32's SP register that's supposed > to load the geometry table I entered in pdp11 memory to the qd32's novram, > I get a bad status value from the qd32's SP register and it remains > unresponsive when I try to store the geometry. If I go ahead and try the > built-in qd32 format command, it responds similarly. When I pull in mkfs > from tape (vtserver) and try anyway, despite the failures, to run mkfs on > the m2333, I get an !online error from the standalone unix mkfs. The disk > does respond (the select light flashes and I can hear heads actuating), but > without geometry and format, I'm obviously dead in the water. > > I understand that there used to exist some Emulex qd32/pdp11 diagnostics > that could help the situation, but my previous attempts to find copies have > come up short. > > Any suggestions on how to proceed? > > thx > jake >