> Gunther Schadow wrote:
>=20
>For what it is worth, here you see what my VAX 11/780 does (sad that
>all it does fits into one email :-):

[snip]

>What I'm really wondering is how can one see a directory listing of
>the various diskettes from the console program?

>How do I start the diagnostic supervisor?

>Could it be that I'm missing any boards? It's so empty in there.
> From left to right:

Have you read the 11/780 docs from

	http://208.190.133.201/decimages/moremanuals.htm ?

There is a fair amout of technical stuff in there.

There is also a HW User's Guide at:

	http://www.wzrd.com/homeb/jroth/home/manuals.htm



>PS: I gather that one could really tap into this WCS loading
>procedure with custome microcode. That's something I want to
>try. Is there any documentation where one can learn how to
>do microprogramming?

For the 780 (and maybe 785) DEC did at one point
sell microprogramming tools. I guess someone might
still have this info, but if they do they're keeping quiet
about it!

Antonio