Subject: Re: What is the current status of the 11/750 port?
To: None <jmr@stacken.kth.se>
From: None <CRITCHSS@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/06/1994 00:13:54
> From: IN%"jmr@stacken.kth.se" "Jan Michael Rynning" 5-NOV-1994 02:04:44.24
> Subj: RE: What is the current status of the 11/750 port?
> Steven Critchfield writes:
> > I am still new to vaxes, so I can only describe a little of what I know.
> > The controller sits in slot 7, and responds to hp(8,0),hp(8,1), and hp(8,2)
> > on the copy and format programs for 4.3bsd dist tape. Also it tries to boot
> > when given the command >>>b dbb0, So it would seem these are rm emulating.
> > I hope somebody can help id this peice of hardware.
>
> It's a MASSBUS emulating Emulex controller. It sits in a slot which DEC
> uses for MASSBUS controllers and the disks respond to "hp", which is the
> BSD name for MASSBUS disks. We had a VAX 11/750 with such a controller,
> but we gave it away to the University of Tartu, Estonia about a year ago.
Ooops, looks like I made a couple of mistakes. My emulex controller is in slot
8, and according to Standalone Backup for vms the eagles respond as drb0 and is
a rm05.
If anybody could help me identify these boards I'd be very happy, and
appreciative.
slot # card edge number What is this?
1 empty
2 L0002
3 L0003
4 L0004
5 L0008 YA
6 empty
7 L0010 Mem controller
8 Emulex controller
9 L0007
10 L0016
11-14 M8750 CP 1 Meg Memory cards
15-18 empty
19-20 M9202
21 M7521 AA DZ11
22-25 empty
26 M7455 -----/--- uda50
27 M7456 ----/
28 M9313
Thanks in advance.
Steven Critchfield.
critchss@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu