Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dicomed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!dicomed!boylan From: boylan@dicomed.UUCP (Chris Boylan) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: VAX 750 RAM based microcode and Unix Message-ID: <213@dicomed.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 12:09:55 EDT Article-I.D.: dicomed.213 Posted: Wed Aug 8 12:09:55 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 04:18:23 EDT References: <169@amd.UUCP> Organization: DICOMED Corp., Minneapolis Lines: 21 We are running at REV 7 with 4.2bsd. The microcode problem is not as bad as it appears at first glance. In the event of a powerfail, you have to (by hand) boot the diagnostic cassette and then boot your system. This adds about 5 minutes to the boot cycle. Happily, everything SEEMS to work ok if you don't load the microcode. We leave the machine in auto-restart and if it goes down during the night, we don't worry about it. The only other problem that we have been having is the date frequently gets bashed when the machine crashes (???) and the diagnostics cassette seems to set the clock off consistantly. If someone has a method to load the microcode from UNIX I would like to hear about it. I dont have a complete 750 manual set it appears since I cant find anything (except for a couple of sentences in the maintenance handbook) about loading the micro control store. -- Chris Boylan {mgnetp | ihnp4 | uwvax}!dicomed!boylan