From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca>
Message-Id: <9803051625.AA03469@alph02.triumf.ca>
Subject: Re: Hardware guru needed!
To: stacy@asia.uznet.net (Stacy Minkin)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 08:25:43 -0800 (PST)
Cc: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au, shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca
In-Reply-To: <199803050759.MAA00282@harrier.asiasys.com> from "Stacy Minkin" at Mar 5, 98 12:59:48 pm
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> Those new machine is the
> main reason for joining to this list for me.
> It includes: KDF-11 CPU, RQDX3, DHQ11 8 line async option,
> TQK70 tape controller, 1.5Mbyte of memory etc. etc.
> I  also have the complete BSD2.9 source distribution
> in tar file and like to run all of the above.

Big problem: BSD2.9 doesn't support your disk (RQDX3) or tape (TQK70)
controllers.  I'd suggest BSD2.11, but it doesn't run on your CPU.

> Currently I've started KDF11 and it seems to be ok.
> Problems are: It has lots of switches (the same for MSV-11 boards and
> RQDX3 and all of that) and have very little docs about
> how to set it correctly.

The best place to ask about these things would be the usenet newsgroup
vmsnet.pdp-11.

Tim.