[Info-vax] RD54 in VaxStation 3200

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On Aug 11, 10:40 am, Cthulhu <cthu... at rlyeh.it> wrote:
> Il 09/08/2010 03:29, GanjaTron ha scritto:
>
> >> Do you have the MicroVAX Diagnostic Supervisor tape?  Most likely not,  they are and were rare... One came with a system but...
>
> > Nope, I have absolutely no software or other accessories for it, not
> > even the console cable. This unit was a toss-out at my university's
> > lab. Those who worked with it and could tell me more are probably now
> > retired.
>
> Some years ago, in this newsgroup, a kind person whose name I forgot,
> gave me a ZIP file which contains a dump of a MicroVAX Diagnostic
> Monitor tape.
>
> He included some scripts to generate back a tape and even a bootable
> disk, and it worked (on the tape).
>
> If you would like to try it, let me know and I'll found a way to put it
> online. Get also a look here:
>
> http://www.vaxination.ca/vms/microvax/mv_ii.html
>
> They also have a dump of a diagnostic tape, which looks different from mine.
>
>         ricordatamente,
>         Francesco P.
>
> P.S. Don't forget that you can netboot that VAX from a SIMH!
>
> --http://www.rlyeh.it/http://www.retronomicon.it/

Just booted a GPX with a RD54 and VMS 5.3. The cables to the RD54
where in disk-0. The RQDX3 was bad. The controller would not show up
when I did a show device. Anyway the system has the following boards
slot 1 KA650
slot 2 & 3 memory
slot 4 upper deqna
slot 4 lower dzq11
slot 5 qdss base board
slot 6 & 7 graphic plane boards
slot 8 upper tk50 controller
slot 8 lower rqdx3
I recall when a RD53/54 was bad the drive would always show up as a
RD51.
Anybody have a spare RQDX3 they would be willing to trade for a esdi
controller??
tks