How to Start the PDP-11/03L
- Make sure the HALT switch is in the DOWN position (CPU Halted).
- Apply power to the peripheral devices and allow sufficient "warm-up" time for the CRT Display.
- Apple power to the central processing unit.
- Move the HALT switch to the UP position (CPU Enabled.)
- Cycle the RESTART switch (the switch is spring loaded -- just briefly press it upwards.)
- The console terminal should display the number 28 (this is the memory capacity detected in K-Words) and then the START? prompt on the next line.
- The following start commands are accepted:
- Y -- This boots from the default device (DY0:)
- N -- This terminates the boot process and enters console ODT with the CPU Halted. For more information on ODT, consult the LSI-11 CPU Reference Manual.
- DY0: -- This boots from drive 0 (the Default option.)
- DY1: -- This boots from drive 1 (remember to mount a system disk in drive 1 -- this is normally only done if there is a failure of drive 0.)
- If you selected anything other than (N), RT-11 should load and display the start message. If the boot process fails, the CPU will halt (the run light will go out) and enter console ODT mode. This usually means a hardware failure of the boot device or corruption of the system disk.
Typical Startup Dialog
28
START? Y
RT-11SJ V04.00C
.SET TT QUIET
WELCOME TO RT-11!
THIS IS THE RT-11 OPERATING SYSTEM RUNNING ON A PDP 11/03.
.SHOW ALL
RT-11SJ V04.00C
BOOTED FROM DY0:RT11SJ
RESIDENT MONITOR BASE IS 150160 (53360.)
USR IS SET TO SWAP
TT IS SET QUIET
INDIRECT FILE ABORT LEVEL IS ERROR
INDIRECT FILE NESTING DEPTH IS 3
LSI-11 PROCESSOR
EXTENDED INSTRUCTION SET (EIS)
60 CYCLE SYSTEM CLOCK
NO SYSGEN OPTIONS ENABLED
DEVICE STATUS VECTOR
-------------------------------
DY RESIDENT 234
LP 143162 200
LS INSTALLED 300 304
NL INSTALLED 000
TT (LOADED) = LP
DY (RESIDENT)
DY0 = SY
DY1 = DK, LST, LOG
BA (LOADED)
NL
LP = LS
11 FREE SLOTS
JOB NAME CONSOLE LEVEL STATE LOW HIGH IMPURE
0 RESORC 0 0 RUN 000000 143110 000000
NO MULTI-TERMINAL SUPPORT
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This page last updated on July 19, 2001 by Micheal H. McCabe.