Chris Tribo wrote:
> As for the 79 error, did you try resetting the NVRAM?
How do I do that?

> When I got my 5000/240 with the Prestoserve card in it, I had to remove the
> card and then reset the NVRAM before I could get to the >>'s. If this
> machine was running Ultrix, chances are it installed a bunch of scripts into
> NVRAM that wouldn't hurt to rid yourself of. It may also be that the
> Prestoserve battery is dead (one or two batteries if I remember correctly)
This machine has (had?) Ultrix installed. Don't know on which disk.
After the self-test I get to the >>, but boot(0,0,0)vmunix does not work.
How does a Prestoserve card look like?

> I've never dealt with this machine before and the Port-Pmax specs
> don't help much.
That's why I posted to port-vax. The DECsystem 5500 is a Qbus system.
Technically, it's a VAX with different CPU and memory card. There was
a discussion about a port to the 5500 on port-vax not long ago. BTW,
this system has DSSI (with 2 RF71) and SCSI (with nothing right now).

Wolfgang