Subject: WD211 assistance needed!

From: [email-masked] (TIM SHOPPA)
Date: 25 May 1993 16:53 PST

Hi!
	I have a WD211-sort box that I'm trying to get up and running.
It has the following cards, in the box from top to bottom:

Card			My opinion of what it might be
------------------------------------------------------
M8320			Omnibus terminator
M8317			8/E option board #2
M8316			8/E option board #1 (w/ bootstrap ROMS?)
M8417			32K Mos RAM
-lotsa empty slots-
M8319			Quad serial lines
M8357			RX02 controller
M8357			RX02 controller
M8310			8/E CPU   (chained to board below)
M8300			8/E CPU   (chained to board above)
M8330			8/E timing controller

Also, I have a RX02 (known to work from trying it out on a PDP-11 system)
connected to one of the RX02 controllers, (with the Dipswitches set
to "first controller" position), while the other controller has nothing
plugged into it (but is still sitting on the bus, with its dipswitches
set to "second controller").  I also have a set of 4 PDP-8 diagnostic floppies.

I have some of the WD211 print sets, and I've followed their instructions
on setting the dipswitches on the boards.  Everything seems to have
come set correctly.

When I power up the system (using the "Limited Function Panel")
the power light comes on, the lights in my apartment dim a little bit, etc.
However, the run light is off.  Flipping the Panel Lock
and Boot toggles on the "Limited Function Panel" don't apparently do
anything, nor do the two switches on the top front of the cabinet labeled
something like "boot" and "switch".  Obviously, what I want to do is
boot the thing off floppy.  (The option board supposedly has the correct
ROM.)  However, the run light never comes on and the floppy heads never
load.

So is there anything obviously wrong or missing?  I have no terminals
connected to it yet.  Is this necessary?  (I know that some PDP-11's and
Vaxen will halt if their console is disconnected.)  I haven't hooked
up a console yet because it appears that the console is expected to
be a 20mA current loop device (I'm not sure about this!)

				Thanks!
				Tim ([email-masked])