On 12/14/2013 08:02 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: ________________________________________ From: DECtec [dectec-bounces at dectec.info] on behalf of Dave McGuire [mcguire at neurotica.com] Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 5:16 PM To: DEC discussion list.; hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: [DECtec] disk loading success Then, armed with confidence from that success, I dismounted and unplugged the RA90 from the VAX-7000 and plugged it into a PDP-11/44 (2MB, FPP, CIS, UDA50) and booted it. That worked too! =) This makes me really want to get my 11/44 working...and get the UDA50 I'm owed. I'll also need an SDI drive and cable...or 3. (Now of course I could do the same with a Qbus PDP-11, with a KDA50 SDI controller.) My first desire was to do the actual RSTS/E install under simh on the VAX-7000 directly to the raw device, but that crashed for reasons unknown. Mark Pizzolato told me that it was unlikely to work, so I may not investigate that any further. Tonight, I will likely put together a VAX4000-700 in a BA440 chassis with DSSI drives. Into that I will put a KDA50 (I have an S-box KDA50 distribution panel) and use that in the role of the VAX-7000 for this type of stuff in the future. If I could convince you to spare an SDI disk, I could have you write images for me! ;) I am looking to have MORE SDI-interfaced drives, not fewer. ;) I just lost one the other day, if you recall. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA