Sunday, 11 November 2012

Original owner replies

The original owner has replied to my question about whether the box has successfully been used with the CPUs in place, and he said yes. The machine was left in a garage for a long time, and must have deteriorated.

So. A failed component somewhere. The IO board? Both CPUs failing seems less likely, somehow. Do I just need to clean things more? It's very positive to know that it was running OK at last use.

Another interesting discovery: the CPU which causes the SYSTEM RESET message also shows the OCP message: NO MEM INSTALLED when the memory is removed. The other CPU causes no OCP output at all with memory present or removed.

Hoff on #vms suggested checking the OCP board's reset switch. It seems OK to a quick multimeter test, the pins have 5v across them when the button is pressed, otherwise they don't.

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