VAXStation 4000/90A

Pontus pontus at update.uu.se
Thu Sep 3 14:55:38 CDT 2009


Hi All.

I'm taking my first stumbling steps into the world of VAXen and VMS.
Before I sink my teeth in the bigger machines I have, I've decided to
see if I can get my VAXStation 4000/90A to run.

It seems mostly okay, I can boot the VMS cd I have. But there is one
message that concerns me. During the self test I get this:

?? 000   8   SYS 0512

That last number is not hex, if I type the following

>>>show err

I get

?? 000   8   SYS 0200

And I guess 0200 is hex.

Either way, in the manuals I have found, I can read that the test for
device number 8 is checking the systems ROMs and that this indicates a
checksum or read error. The error code shown is not listed in the
manuals. Should I worry about this? Can it be remedied?

Kind Regards,
Pontus.


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