Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/12/19 6:45 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > On 01/12/2019 05:03 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> On 1/12/19 4:30 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: >>> On 01/12/2019 04:14 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 1/12/19 2:25 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > On 01/12/2019 12:29 PM, P

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread allison via cctalk
On 01/12/2019 05:03 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 1/12/19 4:30 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: >> On 01/12/2019 04:14 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >>> On 1/12/19 2:25 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: On 01/12/2019 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 12/01/2019 0

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/12/19 4:30 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > On 01/12/2019 04:14 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> On 1/12/19 2:25 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: >>> On 01/12/2019 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > I’m pretty sure yo

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread allison via cctalk
On 01/12/2019 04:14 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 1/12/19 2:25 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: >> On 01/12/2019 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >>> On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> I’m pretty sure you could get the /23+, /53, /73, /83, and /93 in

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/12/19 2:25 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > On 01/12/2019 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >> On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> >>> I’m pretty sure you could get the /23+, /53, /73, /83, and /93 in >>> either a BA23 or a BA123.  I have an actual badged BA23 pedestal

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread allison via cctalk
On 01/12/2019 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> I’m pretty sure you could get the /23+, /53, /73, /83, and /93 in >> either a BA23 or a BA123.  I have an actual badged BA23 pedestal for >> my /23+. > > I'm fairly certain all microPDP-

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread allison via cctalk
On 01/12/2019 12:36 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 1/12/19 12:24 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >> On 11/01/2019 23:58, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 3:51 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk >>> wrote: Mine are all BA23.  Wasn't the BA123 for the MicroVA

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 12/01/2019 17:39, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: One confusing part of this. Everything I have read today seems to say that the only difference between the 11/73 and the 11/83 in a MicroPDP-11 was the memory used. QBUS = 11/73 PMI = 11/83 Is this correct or not? No, not really, but sor

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/12/19 1:13 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote: > On 1/12/19 11:39 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> On 1/12/19 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: >>> On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> I’m pretty sure you could get the /23+, /53, /73, /83, and /93 in either a BA23

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 1/12/19 11:39 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 1/12/19 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I’m pretty sure you could get the /23+, /53, /73, /83, and /93 in either a BA23 or a BA123.  I have an actual badged BA23 pedestal for m

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 1/12/19 11:31 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 1/12/19 9:20 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Well, the problem is definitely bus grant as with just two memory cards in the machine I put the disk controller in and it does not show up in the Map. The only problem with this is the

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/12/19 12:29 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> I’m pretty sure you could get the /23+, /53, /73, /83, and /93 in >> either a BA23 or a BA123.  I have an actual badged BA23 pedestal for >> my /23+. > > I'm fairly certain all microPDP

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/12/19 12:24 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 11/01/2019 23:58, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 3:51 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk >> wrote: >>> Mine are all BA23.  Wasn't the BA123 for the MicroVAX? >> >> As sold, most likely.  I don't think DEC ever configure

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 12/01/2019 01:24, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I’m pretty sure you could get the /23+, /53, /73, /83, and /93 in either a BA23 or a BA123. I have an actual badged BA23 pedestal for my /23+. I'm fairly certain all microPDP-11/23+ systems were only sold in BA23 boxes, and I think microPDP-

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 11/01/2019 23:58, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 3:51 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Mine are all BA23. Wasn't the BA123 for the MicroVAX? As sold, most likely. I don't think DEC ever configured any MicroPDP systems in a BA123 but no reason it doesn't work.

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/12/19 9:20 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > > Well, the problem is definitely bus grant as with just two memory > cards in the machine I put the disk controller in and it does not > show up in the Map. The only problem with this is the question > Why? I have examined the memory c

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-12 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Well, the problem is definitely bus grant as with just two memory cards in the machine I put the disk controller in and it does not show up in the Map. The only problem with this is the question Why? I have examined the memory cards. The C-D (actually, C) does have the bus grant lines connect

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Hi Bill, I have a bunch of both DEC and compatible memories, and extra CPUs. If you need anything, contact me off list. Thanks, Paul On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 12:49 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Well, I have decided to stop playing with my hardware for a while a

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 6:24 PM Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > > On Jan 11, 2019, at 4:55 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 7:11 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk > > wrote: > >> It’s going back severalteen years now but I’m pretty sure I bu

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
> On Jan 11, 2019, at 4:55 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 7:11 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk > wrote: >> It’s going back severalteen years now but I’m pretty sure I built a Micro 73 >> into a BA123, it’s a CD22 backplane after all. I still have all the cards >

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 7:11 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: > It’s going back severalteen years now but I’m pretty sure I built a Micro 73 > into a BA123, it’s a CD22 backplane after all. I still have all the cards AND > the BA123 but I’m supposed to be turning it back into the MVII it was

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Adrian Graham via cctalk
> On 11 Jan 2019, at 23:59, Ethan Dicks via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 4:39 PM Pete Turnbull via cctalk > wrote: >>> Mine are all BA23. Wasn't the BA123 for the MicroVAX? >> >> No, it was introduced for the microPDP-11 series, and only later used >> for MicroVAX and MicroVA

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 4:39 PM Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > > Mine are all BA23. Wasn't the BA123 for the MicroVAX? > > No, it was introduced for the microPDP-11 series, and only later used > for MicroVAX and MicroVAX-II. There are many microPDP-11/83 machines in > BA123 cabinets, it was a

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 3:51 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > Mine are all BA23. Wasn't the BA123 for the MicroVAX? As sold, most likely. I don't think DEC ever configured any MicroPDP systems in a BA123 but no reason it doesn't work. I got an empty BA123 a while back and when I get a ni

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 11/01/2019 20:51, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Listed what I'm using in the beginning of this thread. Just CPU and Memory at this point. OK, I didn't see that - sorry. BTW, BA23 and BA123 microPDP-11 backplanes aren't the same - it's the first 4 slots that differ in a BA123, and slot

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/11/19 3:41 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > On 01/11/2019 02:55 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> On 1/11/19 2:25 PM, Allison Parent via cctalk wrote: >>> Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. For most microspheres >>> backplanes the first three slots are different than rem

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/11/19 3:38 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > On 11/01/2019 19:59, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > >> MicroPDP box has first three slots A-B-C-D to support PMI >> memory and the rest are serpentine A-B. >> >> Even giving a bus grant problem, I can't see that causing a CSR >> error.  I

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/11/19 3:34 PM, Jerry Weiss wrote: > On 1/11/19 11:28 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Well, it has been so long since I had to put together an >> entire system I forgot what fun it can be. >> >> With almost documentation I was able to configure 4 1meg >> memory modules and I tested the

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/11/19 3:24 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: > On 01/11/2019 02:32 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> > From: Allison Parent >> >> > Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. >> >> The only -11 that complains if the grant chain is broken that I know of is >> the /34 (maybe the

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread allison via cctalk
On 01/11/2019 02:55 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 1/11/19 2:25 PM, Allison Parent via cctalk wrote: >> Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. For most microspheres >> backplanes the first three slots are different than remaining. > Yes, that's true. But the problem doesn'

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 11/01/2019 19:59, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: MicroPDP box has first three slots A-B-C-D to support PMI memory and the rest are serpentine A-B. Even giving a bus grant problem, I can't see that causing a CSR error. I will probably have to dig out another box this weekend just to be su

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 1/11/19 11:28 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Well, it has been so long since I had to put together an entire system I forgot what fun it can be. With almost documentation I was able to configure 4 1meg memory modules and I tested them all in my 11/23+ box. KDJ11-B with 4 different (b

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread allison via cctalk
On 01/11/2019 02:32 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Allison Parent > > > Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. > > The only -11 that complains if the grant chain is broken that I know of is > the /34 (maybe the /04 too). I certainly have a QBUS chassis right next to

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/11/19 2:32 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Allison Parent > > > Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. > > The only -11 that complains if the grant chain is broken that I know of is > the /34 (maybe the /04 too). I certainly have a QBUS chassis right next to

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/11/19 2:25 PM, Allison Parent via cctalk wrote: > Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. For most microspheres > backplanes the first three slots are different than remaining. Yes, that's true. But the problem doesn't occur until the 5th slot. And a quick look at the C-D edges o

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Allison Parent > Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. The only -11 that complains if the grant chain is broken that I know of is the /34 (maybe the /04 too). I certainly have a QBUS chassis right next to my workstation here that i) has a bunch of empty slots, and ii)

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Allison Parent via cctalk
Most Probable cause is interrupt grant is broken. For most microspheres backplanes the first three slots are different than remaining. Phoned this in! On Jan 11, 2019, at 12:28 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Well, it has been so long since I had to put together an entire system I f

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-11 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Well, it has been so long since I had to put together an entire system I forgot what fun it can be. With almost documentation I was able to configure 4 1meg memory modules and I tested them all in my 11/23+ box. KDJ11-B with 4 different (but similar) memory cards. "MAP" option of the KDJ11 show

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-09 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 1/9/19 2:28 PM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk wrote: > > As far as I know about the 11/93 (or 11/94), all memory is on the CPU module. > The 11/9[3|4] is sort-of an 11/8[3|4] with all (PMI) memory on the CPU module > as the cache on the 8[3|4]. > > The 11/9[3|4] with 2 MB RAM can only be upgraded t

RE: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-09 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
As far as I know about the 11/93 (or 11/94), all memory is on the CPU module. The 11/9[3|4] is sort-of an 11/8[3|4] with all (PMI) memory on the CPU module as the cache on the 8[3|4]. The 11/9[3|4] with 2 MB RAM can only be upgraded to 4 MB by adding RAM chips on the CPU module. However, all h

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Bill Gunshannon > I have a number of different memory modules. Mostly DEC but a couple > zthird party. Here's the problem. None of them are reflected in any of > the documentation I have been able to find so I can't configure them > away from their defaults! ... > A

Re: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-09 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
On 1/9/19 12:49 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: And then I have two non-DEC module that are unlikely to have any documentation still floating around for. Camintonn CMV-1000 -- As funny as it sounds, this one looks more like a DEC MSV11-QA

RE: PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-09 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bill Gunshannon via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 1:49 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: PDP-11 Memory ... M8067-LB M8067-LF M8067-LJ - Same problem. I can

PDP-11 Memory

2019-01-09 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
Well, I have decided to stop playing with my hardware for a while and get back to playing with software. :-) In order to do this I am building three (maybe four) PDP-11's. I have an 11/93, an 11/73 and an 11/23+ (and maybe another 11/23 or 11/73). BUt, I have run into a small problem. Memory