> My copy of of the V7 standalone stuff (which I got from the VTServer
> directory) didn't include an RX driver. Where'd you manage to find one?
So, thanks to a tip (thanks, Jerry! :-), the source has been found:
https://github.com/chapmajs/vtserver/tree/master/pdpvtstand
http://www.s
> On Dec 16, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 12/16/2017 05:21 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>
>> So, some of us do not trust the labels on disks.
>
I don’t trust the labels on my floppies.
Especially those with with my handwriting.
On 12/16/2017 05:21 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> So, some of us do not trust the labels on disks.
Ha. I lost a bit of hair when I received a batch of 8" hard-sector
disks and tried to make sense of them. What were obviously sector
headers didn't line up at all with any of the sector hole
On Sat, 16 Dec 2017, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote:
The ones
labelled RT-11 don't actually have RT-11 on them, just some random
files, and these were the ones I had tried to boot from.
Yep.
Being labelled "RT-11" does not mean that they have RT-11 on them.
They could be Compupro disks from the
Thanks for the tips! :)
Aaron.
allison via cctalk writes:
> If you have a system that can create/format SSSD (base RX01 media
> format) RT11 can
> reformat that as RX02. Of the top of my hear the command is INIT and
> you specify the
> drive and /double. It cannot format a blank disk but it can
If you have a system that can create/format SSSD (base RX01 media
format) RT11 can
reformat that as RX02. Of the top of my hear the command is INIT and
you specify the
drive and /double. It cannot format a blank disk but it can set a RX01
format to
double density.
Note a RX02 on a PDP-11 will no
Glad to hear that you cleared that up.
For the other floppies.
1) DUMP/TERM/RAD50/END:0 DY1:
If you share the listing that will give us some hints as to the OS on the
floppies.
2) DIR/BAD DY1:
will do a bad block scan to see if can read all of the blocks on the media.
It
do
I just checked all of them in RT-11, out of 12 floppies, two of them
were bad, or at least I am unable to perform dir in RT-11.
My source of confusion comes from both A) not being able to boot from
any of them, and B) not being able to dump them using vtserver. The ones
labelled RT-11 don't actual
We've gotten around the formatting issue by formatting SSSD using ImageDisk
on a regular PC (with a floppy controller that supports single density/FM,
of course). If you want RX02 media there's an XXDP routine to upconvert
RX01s to RX02s.
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Chuck Gu
On 12/16/2017 10:43 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote:
>> Well, would you believe it. It was the disks after all. I can't believe
>> they are all bad!
>
> I can believe it.
> Were they "bad"?
> Or just not what they were labelled as being?
I su
On Sat, 16 Dec 2017, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote:
Well, would you believe it. It was the disks after all. I can't believe
they are all bad!
I can believe it.
Were they "bad"?
Or just not what they were labelled as being?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
> > From: Aaron Jackson
>
> > It was the disks after all.
>
> Well, I'm glad you got it working. Where'd you get a good floppy?
>
> Noel
Friend popped over with an RX02 drive and a working RT-11 floppy. The
drive worked with my controller so I tried the disk in my own drive and
it bo
> From: Aaron Jackson
> It was the disks after all.
Well, I'm glad you got it working. Where'd you get a good floppy?
Noel
Well, would you believe it. It was the disks after all. I can't believe
they are all bad!
Just booted straight into RT-11.
Thanks all for your help anyway. Time to play.
Aaron.
Aaron Jackson via cctalk writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I originally posted this on VCFed (which was new to me) but the
> From: Aaron Jackson
>> My copy of of the V7 standalone stuff (which I got from the VTServer
>> directory) didn't include an RX driver. Where'd you manage to find one?
> I am using the version from here: https://github.com/sethm/vtserver/
After offline discussion with Aaron, we
Noel Chiappa via cctalk writes:
> > Aaron Jackson
>
> > if I try to dump using vtserver using a floppy which passed the
> > diagnostics, it fails.
>
> My copy of of the V7 standalone stuff (which I got from the VTServer
> directory) didn't include an RX driver. Where'd you manage to f
> Aaron Jackson
> if I try to dump using vtserver using a floppy which passed the
> diagnostics, it fails.
My copy of of the V7 standalone stuff (which I got from the VTServer
directory) didn't include an RX driver. Where'd you manage to find one?
(I need one for my own use, plus I wa
> On Dec 9, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
>
> Thanks Jerry. That was very helpful. Found a stray piece of metal lying
> across the board next to an AND gate, which is slightly
> disconcerting. Possibly a stray wire clipping. Both drives pass the
> diagnostics.
>
> It's strange though, i
> On Dec 8, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
>>
On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk
wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Aaron Jackson
> wrote:
>>
>> Manual says it should be S1=off, S2=on for RX211 and RXV21
>
> In the photo,
On 12/8/2017 4:34 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Dec 8, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
=
3) Try and contrast to the other drive as previously covered.
This will help rule out a few thing
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Dec 8, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
> >
> =
> 3) Try and contrast to the other drive as previously covered.
>
> This will help rule out a few things and provide some better direction.
>
>
I know
On Dec 8, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
>
>>> On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk
>>> wrote:
>>>
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Aaron Jackson
wrote:
>
> Manual says it should be S1=off, S2=on for RX211 and RXV21
In the photo, I think
>> On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Aaron Jackson
>>> wrote:
Manual says it should be S1=off, S2=on for RX211 and RXV21
>>>
>>> In the photo, I think S1 is on and S2 is off. Check them with an
>>> ohmmeter if in
> On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Aaron Jackson
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Manual says it should be S1=off, S2=on for RX211 and RXV21
>>
>> In the photo, I think S1 is on and S2 is off. Check them with an
>> ohmmeter if in doubt!
>>
On 12/8/2017 2:13 PM, Aaron Jackson via
cctalk wrote:
I wonder if there's a problem with the floppy you are using?
Remember, the RX0x drives can't hard reformat the floppies (as in, write the
sector headers), so if the floopy has a problem, you can't fix it with the
RX02.
Noel
Possi
> > From: Aaron Jackson
>
> > Most of the tests now look something like this:
> > ...
> > SECTOR ADDRESS ERROR
> > EXPECTED SECTOR=18.
> > TARGET SECTOR=17.
>
> I wonder if there's a problem with the floppy you are using?
>
> Remember, the RX0x drives can't hard refor
> From: Aaron Jackson
> Most of the tests now look something like this:
> ...
> SECTOR ADDRESS ERROR
> EXPECTED SECTOR=18.
> TARGET SECTOR=17.
I wonder if there's a problem with the floppy you are using?
Remember, the RX0x drives can't hard reformat the floppies (a
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
>>
>> Manual says it should be S1=off, S2=on for RX211 and RXV21
>
> In the photo, I think S1 is on and S2 is off. Check them with an
> ohmmeter if in doubt!
>
> -tony
Yes - you are right. I switched them back to how they were when I got
the
On 12/08/2017 09:45 AM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I originally posted this on VCFed (which was new to me) but the
> moderation queue has had me waiting for about 3 days, so I thought I'd
> ask here as well, the usual of gurus. :)
>
> I was recently sent an RXV21 controller
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Aaron Jackson wrote:
>
> Manual says it should be S1=off, S2=on for RX211 and RXV21
In the photo, I think S1 is on and S2 is off. Check them with an
ohmmeter if in doubt!
-tony
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> - Strapped RX01 - I don't know what this means
>>
>> - PDP8 - eh?
>
> No idea as to the fault (heck, it's not in front of me with a logic analyser
> to hand), but I think I can explain that.
>
> There is a pair of DIP switche
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Aaron Jackson via cctalk
wrote:
> - Strapped RX01 - I don't know what this means
>
> - PDP8 - eh?
No idea as to the fault (heck, it's not in front of me with a logic analyser
to hand), but I think I can explain that.
There is a pair of DIP switches on the control
Hi everyone,
I originally posted this on VCFed (which was new to me) but the
moderation queue has had me waiting for about 3 days, so I thought I'd
ask here as well, the usual of gurus. :)
I was recently sent an RXV21 controller so I could test out my RX02
drive. When I power up the PDP-11 or res
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