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On 12 May 2014, at 22:59, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 05/12/2014 10:01 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Trying to test the est of the haul. That means the VCB02 and VR290 at
present. ;)
Testing it ina MicroVAX II...I'm not even to the point of VMS! I've
read it can be used as the console...but not in my case! The diagnostic
LEDs on the VCB02 board never change at all. They all come on during
power-on and never go off. The same behaviour was exhibited by ny dead
11/23+ board.
Any ideas of what I can check? It's got to be some really obvious error.
It can't be plain dead!
Don't sweat it too much. I have lots of VCB02 board sets and can send
you whatever you end up needing.
Cool! Thanks!
Bear in mind that, on a KA630, it can
take quite awhile for anything to come up on the display.
Yeah, after awhile the screen starts flickering yet displaying nothing.
Here's the LED definitions for the VCB02:
During test:
111 state on power-up
Never changes from this.
001 power-up test in progress
Never gets to that one
After test:
000 no faults detected
001 VCB02 base module fault
010 first VCB02 4-plane module fault
011 second VCB02 4-plane module fault
100 not used
101 keyboard fault
110 mouse or tablet fault
111 catastrophic fault
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Hello!
Dave what are these grouchy examples of technology that followed Cory home? The other two are obvious.
But the PDP-11/23 Plus seems to be an interesting critter. What's wrong with it Cory?
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 05/12/2014 10:01 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
> Trying to test the est of the haul. That means the VCB02 and VR290 at
> present. ;)
>
> Testing it ina MicroVAX II...I'm not even to the point of VMS! I've
> read it can be used as the console...but not in my case! The diagnostic
> LEDs on the VCB02 board never change at all. They all come on during
> power-on and never go off. The same behaviour was exhibited by ny dead
> 11/23+ board.
>
> Any ideas of what I can check? It's got to be some really obvious error.
> It can't be plain dead!
Don't sweat it too much. I have lots of VCB02 board sets and can send
you whatever you end up needing. Bear in mind that, on a KA630, it can
take quite awhile for anything to come up on the display.
Here's the LED definitions for the VCB02:
During test:
111 state on power-up
001 power-up test in progress
After test:
000 no faults detected
001 VCB02 base module fault
010 first VCB02 4-plane module fault
011 second VCB02 4-plane module fault
100 not used
101 keyboard fault
110 mouse or tablet fault
111 catastrophic fault
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On 05/12/2014 10:01 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Trying to test the est of the haul. That means the VCB02 and VR290 at
present. ;)
Testing it ina MicroVAX II...I'm not even to the point of VMS! I've
read it can be used as the console...but not in my case! The diagnostic
LEDs on the VCB02 board never change at all. They all come on during
power-on and never go off. The same behaviour was exhibited by ny dead
11/23+ board.
Any ideas of what I can check? It's got to be some really obvious error.
It can't be plain dead!
Don't sweat it too much. I have lots of VCB02 board sets and can send
you whatever you end up needing. Bear in mind that, on a KA630, it can
take quite awhile for anything to come up on the display.
Here's the LED definitions for the VCB02:
During test:
111 state on power-up
001 power-up test in progress
After test:
000 no faults detected
001 VCB02 base module fault
010 first VCB02 4-plane module fault
011 second VCB02 4-plane module fault
100 not used
101 keyboard fault
110 mouse or tablet fault
111 catastrophic fault
-Dave
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On 12 May 2014, at 22:26, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello!
Then first make sure your MVII is a happy device with a different terminal.
Oh and see how much information Google can tell you about your VCB02. And
the VR290.
The manual says this indicates a catastrophic failure.
However the "doing tests" pattern never started
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
Does this mean you have a collection of dinos? Did you examine the
electrolytics for the power supply? They've got a bad habit of going bad
in
ways and means that can be disturbing.
PSUs seem fine enough to boot an MVII...just not the VCB02. :(
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Hello!
Then first make sure your MVII is a happy device with a different terminal. Oh and see how much information Google can tell you about your VCB02. And the VR290.
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
On Mon, 12 May 2014, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
Does this mean you have a collection of dinos? Did you examine the
electrolytics for the power supply? They've got a bad habit of going bad in
ways and means that can be disturbing.
PSUs seem fine enough to boot an MVII...just not the VCB02. :(
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
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On Mon, 12 May 2014, Gregg Levine wrote:
Hello!
Does this mean you have a collection of dinos? Did you examine the
electrolytics for the power supply? They've got a bad habit of going bad in
ways and means that can be disturbing.
PSUs seem fine enough to boot an MVII...just not the VCB02. :(
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
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Hello!
Does this mean you have a collection of dinos? Did you examine the electrolytics for the power supply? They've got a bad habit of going bad in ways and means that can be disturbing.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
Evening all,
Trying to test the est of the haul. That means the VCB02 and VR290 at present. ;)
Testing it ina MicroVAX II...I'm not even to the point of VMS! I've read it can be used as the console...but not in my case! The diagnostic LEDs on the VCB02 board never change at all. They all come on during power-on and never go off. The same behaviour was exhibited by ny dead 11/23+ board.
Any ideas of what I can check? It's got to be some really obvious error. It can't be plain dead!
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Evening all,
Trying to test the est of the haul. That means the VCB02 and VR290 at present. ;)
Testing it ina MicroVAX II...I'm not even to the point of VMS! I've read it can be used as the console...but not in my case! The diagnostic LEDs on the VCB02 board never change at all. They all come on during power-on and never go off. The same behaviour was exhibited by ny dead 11/23+ board.
Any ideas of what I can check? It's got to be some really obvious error. It can't be plain dead!
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Cheers.
On 12 May 2014, at 21:38, Rok Vidmar <rok.vidmar at gmail.com> wrote:
How does ones get a MULTINET hobbyist license nowadays?
Last time I checked it was:
<http://www.multinet.process.com/license.html>
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