NF6X
Veteran Member
I just got my recently acquired PDP-11V03-L system to boot up for the first time since I got it, after replacing a shorted filter capacitor in the power supply. This system consists of a PDP-11/03 and an RX02 in a short DEC rack, with the following cards:
The BDV11 appears to include the standard pair of ROMs for this system configuration, which include bootstrap code for these devices according to the scanned LSI-11 Systems Service Manual that I have:
So, now for my possibly dumb question: If I connect a TU58 emulator such as the AK6DN one up to one of the async ports, is there any way to boot the system from it? I don't see the TU58 DECTape-II drive listed in the supported boot devices for the system. I'd like to be able to use a TU58 emulator such as the AK6DN one to boot the system from image files such as the XXDP diagnostic images, and possibly also use it to transfer floppy images from the PDP-11 to my modern laptop.
M7270 | KD11-HA | LSI-11/2 CPU |
M8044-DB | MSV11-ED | 32kword 18-bit MOS RAM |
M8029 | RXV21 | RX02 floppy disk controller, 18-bit DMA only. |
M8043 | DLV11-J | 4-Line Asynchronous Interface |
M8012-YA | BDV11 | Bus terminator (120 ohm), bootstrap and diagnostic ROMs, 18-bit only |
The BDV11 appears to include the standard pair of ROMs for this system configuration, which include bootstrap code for these devices according to the scanned LSI-11 Systems Service Manual that I have:
- RK05
- RL01
- RX01
- RX02
So, now for my possibly dumb question: If I connect a TU58 emulator such as the AK6DN one up to one of the async ports, is there any way to boot the system from it? I don't see the TU58 DECTape-II drive listed in the supported boot devices for the system. I'd like to be able to use a TU58 emulator such as the AK6DN one to boot the system from image files such as the XXDP diagnostic images, and possibly also use it to transfer floppy images from the PDP-11 to my modern laptop.