[Info-vax] Trying to boot a MicroVAX II with VMS 7.3

[Steven Schweda]

JF Mezei wrote:

> SYSGEN> SHOW/CONFIG will give you what devices are found on your QBUS
> and their CSR/Vector info.

   Or what someone thinks they are.  An actual physical
inventory, showing what's where, would probably be more
valuable.  (Easier to get, too, in a situation where the user
can't run SYSGEN, because he can't boot VMS.)

> [...] All I have in there now is the CPU, two memory boards,
> a tape controller, disk controller, serial controller and a
> DEQNA.  [...]

   Interesting, but actual M-numbers and bus-slot positions
would be more useful.  A Web search for "qbus serpentine"
should find multiple guides for the Q-bus grant continuity
pattern.

> [...] RD53 [...]

   Too bad.  An RD54 is not only bigger, but, in my
experience, more likely to be still alive.

> [...] much faster method than booting from a TK50 [...]

   But booting from a TK50 builds character.  And encourages
exploration of fine literature.

   Booting an MDM tape could be educational, too.