[Info-vax] MicroVAX-II... a trip down memory lane to the VCB01 test

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <00AA6798.13A994D0 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>I have Andy venerable MicroVAX-II and I'm readying it to drop it off at
>the InfoAge Museum.  I just opened it up and made sure that none of the
>cables worked loss in the trek from Marlborough in Sept. to the proNJ.
>
>It powers up fine and the rear panel's display counts back to A.  This,
>according to the old manual, is the test for the VCB01.  I do not have 
>a monitor connected or keyboard -- only a BCC08 cable from the console
>port to a VT525.
>
>Does anyone recall, does the display and keyboard need to be installed
>to get past this or is there a secret?  I suppose, if I can locate the
>Qbus grant cards, I can remove the VCB01 but I'm looking to leave this
>as Andy left it to me.

Follow up info:  With 2 grant cards now installed in lieu of the VCB01,
the self tests complete and the unit boots.

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