[HECnet] Reading RT11 files under Windows or Linux

On 2021-04-22 04:19, Robert Armstrong wrote: Ah. Thanks. I probably should have looked it up before writing. First I wrote T11, then I doubted myself, and changed it to F11. But I knew I was trying to recollect something that I shouldn't trust my brain about. Sadly no. Just binaries. The 86x0 is interesting in that the FE contains all the microcode for the machine, along with diagnostics, boot files, VMB and so on. In addition to the RT-11 system itself. The 86x0 do load all microcode from the FE at startup time. It takes a little while to boot an 86x0 because of this. The power system is also software controlled, and at power up, only a single power supply is on. Everything else is turned on by the FE at a later stage. Fun to watch the system start up. Slowly, LED after LED lights up, as different parts gets initialized. I just love that machine. :-) Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol