Re: 11/40 misbehaviour

From: Stuart Fuller (stufuller_at_usa.net)
Date: 08/13/04

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    Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:24:45 -0400

    jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:

    > In article <mddllgmmrzi.fsf@panix5.panix.com>,
    > Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
    >>jmfbahciv@aol.com writes:
    >>
    >>> In article <1040804230752.7326D-100000@Ives.egh.com>,
    >>> John Santos <JOHN@egh.com> wrote:
    >>> >On 4 Aug 2004, Rich Alderson wrote:
    >>> <snip>
    >>
    >>>> I haven't seen PDP-11/40 diags in years. We used to have a tape
    >>>> (9-track, 800 bpi) of them, but it is long gone.
    >>
    >>> Would the PDP-10 KL frontend diags work?
    >>
    >>No, this is clearly a problem with the 11/40 itself; the only 11-based-11
    > diags
    >>on the KLAD pack are XXDP, XTECO, and 3 RP04 exercisers (ZRJA, ZRJB, and
    > ZRJC).
    >>Everything else that runs on the 11/40 exercises the KL.
    >>
    > Then what did Field Service use to check out the 11s on the
    > KLs? PDP-11s were good but not that good :-).

    We used the standard 11/40 diags. Besides, the /40 rarely gave us any
    trouble. It was the -10/20 stuff that gave us grief. 

    -- 
        Stu
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