Re: Not Booting OS/8

2017-08-08 Thread Brian L. Stuart via cctalk
On Tue, 8/8/17, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: >         Well not surprisingly it didn't. I keyed in the bootstrap and > > So next move will be to try and see if we can read / write the registers > on the controller card. > > First find out what address they are at. Unlike the 11s, the devi

Not Booting OS/8

2017-08-08 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi List Well not surprisingly it didn't. I keyed in the bootstrap and checked it a couple of times. Pressing clear produced a healthy clonk from the RX01 (RX01's and 2's clonk a lot). Pressing clear started the program but no activity from the drive. So next move will be to try and

Re: Booting OS/8

2017-08-08 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
On 08/08/2017 16:12, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: On 8/8/2017 6:40 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: OK RX8 is in the pdp-8/e connected to the RX01. OS/8 floppy in drive. All I need is the toggle in bootstrap and you never know. It's the first hit on google for "RX01 bootstrap." http:/

Re: Booting OS/8

2017-08-08 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On 8/8/2017 6:40 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: OK RX8 is in the pdp-8/e connected to the RX01. OS/8 floppy in drive. All I need is the toggle in bootstrap and you never know. It's the first hit on google for "RX01 bootstrap." http://www.pdp8.net/interface/rx01_boot.shtml - Josh Rod

Booting OS/8

2017-08-08 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
OK RX8 is in the pdp-8/e connected to the RX01. OS/8 floppy in drive. All I need is the toggle in bootstrap and you never know. Rod -- Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy.

Re: booting os/8

2017-03-22 Thread Don North via cctalk
On 3/22/2017 5:03 PM, Don North wrote: On 3/22/2017 4:25 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: Look here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/blog.php?12663-AK6DN for info on my Arduino based RX02 emulator using a microSD card. Works on RX11/RXV11/RX8E as RX01, RX211/RXV21/RX28 as RX02. Passes DEC hardware diagn

Re: booting os/8

2017-03-22 Thread Don North via cctalk
On 3/22/2017 4:25 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: Look here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/blog.php?12663-AK6DN for info on my Arduino based RX02 emulator using a microSD card. Works on RX11/RXV11/RX8E as RX01, RX211/RXV21/RX28 as RX02. Passes DEC hardware diagnostics. Reinhard has done an FPGA ba

RE: booting os/8

2017-03-22 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Don North via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 5:30 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: booting os/8 On 3/22/2017 10:47 AM, Bill

Re: booting os/8

2017-03-22 Thread Don North via cctalk
@classiccmp.org) Subject: booting os/8 Hi folks, I have a PDP-8/e that I've been working on. I have completed construction of AK6DN's RX01/02 emulator. I got to the step tonight where I was trying to boot an OS/8 disk image and nothing was happening. I realized that I do not have the

RE: booting os/8

2017-03-22 Thread william degnan via cctalk
> > Well, I am sure glad someone posted this. I had never heard of the work done by AK6DN and have considered > looking into such a project in the past. > > So, has anyone looked at someting sililar for RL drives? > > bill > > > > I only know how to boot RK05 drives off an pdp8e. Do you have a co

RE: booting os/8

2017-03-22 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of W2HX via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:49 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts (cctalk@classiccmp.org) Subject: booting os/8 Hi folks, I have

Re: booting os/8

2017-03-21 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctalk
> On Mar 21, 2017, at 10:49 PM, W2HX via cctalk wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I have a PDP-8/e that I've been working on. I have completed construction of > AK6DN's RX01/02 emulator. I got to the step tonight where I was trying to > boot an OS/8 disk image and nothing was happening. I realized tha

booting os/8

2017-03-21 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Hi folks, I have a PDP-8/e that I've been working on. I have completed construction of AK6DN's RX01/02 emulator. I got to the step tonight where I was trying to boot an OS/8 disk image and nothing was happening. I realized that I do not have the bootstrap diode board in my 8/e so begin the boot