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4/30/20
I brought the 3x CPU boards, 2x core memory boards, and the programmer's console home so I could use one of my personal PDP-8/a systems to test and debug these parts
I have found 3x defective ICs so far, and should have replacements next week
Front board, E10 SN7408, pin 8 has a weak pulldown
Register board, E15 SN74174 latch doesn't latch
Register board, E26 SN7475, latch does not latch
The 2x 40-pin ribbon cables that connects the programmer's console to the M8316 board had wire-wrap wires added.
It looks like they were trying to fix bad cables.
I also found that the programmer's console cables in my personal 8/a were bad
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5/10/20
I am documenting the switch settings on the boards
The CPU board is set to not autostart
The BOOT switch on the Limited Function Console will start the CPU
The CPU booted OS/8 from an RX01 diskette in my personal 8/a system
5/13/20
With the CPU, Option-I, and Option-II in my personal 8/a system it booted OS/8 from an RX01 diskette
A known good Programmer's Panel works OK with the Option-1 board.
The BOOT switch on the Limited Function Panel and the BOOT button on the Programmer's Panel will boot OS/8 from an RX01 diskette, so the boot ROMs are OK
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