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Re: How to boot from TS11?

#1883
From: Steven M. Schultz
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 01:54
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In article <1990Aug14.234113.462@spcvxb.spc.edu> terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr) writes:
>In article <1990Aug14.160717.179@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, mms7r@krebs.acc.Virginia.EDU (Mitch Smith) writes:
>> Anybody know some magic incantations I can type at the console
>> to boot from a TS11 tape drive?  Something like:
>
>  As far as I know, the only bootable tapes are those in the MU family, which
>are the TK50/70 and the TU81. Of course, some might say that DECtape II's 
>(TU58's) are really tapes, but DEC systems think they're (pitiful) disks.

	There is a console ODT routine in the back of the 4.3 system
	manglers guide for TS drives, but it's only for 750/780/86XX
	machines.  I haven't the foggiest  what would need to be done on
	a uVax... 

	Enjoy.

	Steven

TS bootstrap

 >>>D/P 200 3AEFD0
 >>>D + D05A0000
 >>>D + 3BEF
 >>>D + 800CA00
 >>>D + 32EFC1
 >>>D + CA010000
 >>>D + EFC10804
 >>>D + 24
 >>>D + 15508F
 >>>D + ABB45B00
 >>>D + 2AB9502
 >>>D + 8FB0FB18
 >>>D + 956B024C
 >>>D + FB1802AB
 >>>D + 25C8FB0
 >>>D + 6B
         (The next two deposits set up the addresses of the UNIBUS)
         (adapter and its memory; the 20006000 here is the address of)
         (uba0 and the 2013E000 the address of the I/O page, umem0)
	 (on an 8650, 8600, 11/785 or 11/780)
 >>>D + 20006000		(8650/8600/785/780 uba0)
	 (8650/8600/785/780 uba1: 20008000, uba2 2000A000)
	  (750 uba0: F30000, uba1: F32000; 730 uba: F26000)
 >>>D + 2013E000		(8650/8600/785/780 umem0)
	 (8650/8600/785/780 umem1: 2017E000, umem2: 201BE000)
	 (750 umem0: FFE000, umem1: FBE000; 730 umem: FFE000)
 >>>D + 80000000
 >>>D + 254C004
 >>>D + 80000
 >>>D + 264
 >>>D + E
 >>>D + C001
 >>>D + 2000000
    >>>S 200
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From: sms@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Steven M. Schultz)
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Subject: Re: How to boot from TS11?
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Date: 17 Aug 90 01:54:03 GMT
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