Re: advice / suggestion wanted PDP 11/40 only boots XXDP, not RT11

2019-01-31 Thread Paul Koning via cctech
RT11-SJ is less dependent on interrupts, I think, so that might be another thing to try. paul > On Jan 31, 2019, at 3:55 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctech > wrote: > > My recollection is that XXDP tries not to use Interrupts or DMA, unless it > has to. > > I would check out those areas

Re: advice / suggestion wanted PDP 11/40 only boots XXDP, not RT11

2019-01-31 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctech
> On Jan 31, 2019, at 12:26 PM, Bill Degnan via cctech > wrote: > > My PDP 11/40 suddenly lost it's ability to boot RL02 disks except the XXDP > disk. I have two drives, both boot up an XXDP (I have more than one) just > fine, but any formerly-working RT-11 (v 5, 5.1, 5.3) no longer boots,

Re: advice / suggestion wanted PDP 11/40 only boots XXDP, not RT11

2019-01-31 Thread Jerry Weiss via cctech
My recollection is that XXDP tries not to use Interrupts or DMA, unless it has to. I would check out those areas first for problems if it hangs in RT-11. Jerry On 1/31/19 2:26 PM, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: My PDP 11/40 suddenly lost it's ability to boot RL02 disks except the XXDP disk.

advice / suggestion wanted PDP 11/40 only boots XXDP, not RT11

2019-01-31 Thread Bill Degnan via cctech
My PDP 11/40 suddenly lost it's ability to boot RL02 disks except the XXDP disk. I have two drives, both boot up an XXDP (I have more than one) just fine, but any formerly-working RT-11 (v 5, 5.1, 5.3) no longer boots, it just hangs. I have been troubleshooting, running the 11/40 XXDP tests, but

Re: 11/70 - original or 570 model more desirable?

2019-01-31 Thread Bill Degnan via cctech
> > > > > > > Random question: > > Would you have bought this one if it were maroon instead of blue? > > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-PDP-11-70-Datasystem-570-/113553953503?nordt=true_cvip=true > > > As-is for $10K seems a little bit steep for a starting bid. But I haven't > tried to buy an

Re: 11/70 - original or 570 model more desirable?

2019-01-31 Thread Bill Degnan via cctech
On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:57 PM Glen Slick via cctech < cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech > wrote: > > > > Random question > > would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP > > 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP

Re: 11/70 - original or 570 model more desirable?

2019-01-31 Thread Glen Slick via cctech
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > > Random question > would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP > 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete > configurations with racks of storage etc as they would have been

Re: 11/70 - original or 570 model more desirable?

2019-01-31 Thread allison via cctech
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 9:49 PM Bill Degnan via cctech < > cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Random question >> would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP >> 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete >> configurations with racks of

Re: 11/70 - original or 570 model more desirable?

2019-01-31 Thread Pontus Pihlgren via cctech
On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:49:12PM -0500, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: > Random question > would you prefer having, if you had to pick only one, the original PDP > 11/70 or the newer "blue cabinets" PDP 11/70, assuming both were complete > configurations with racks of storage etc as they would

Plug+Play for PDP-11/40 panels - BlinkenBone update

2019-01-31 Thread Jörg Hoppe via cctech
Hi guys, There is now a special 11/40 adapter board for the BlinkenBone system. With that you can plug a physical 11/40 panel to the extended SimH running on a BeagleBone. Surprisingly there was some demand for the 11/70 panel adapter, so adding the '40 panel may be worth mentioning. There