ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) (09/24/85)
A controller on one of our VAX 11/750's massbus adapters will at times have the drive type register set incorrectly after the VAX has lost (and then regained) power--rendering the attached device unuseable. The register becomes correct if I tap the RESET button on the VAX's front console, and the device becomes usable. Well then. . .is there anything I can do in the way of programming to cause those things to happen that happen when the RESET button is pressed? (Alas, the PDP-11's "reset" instruction has disappeared from the VAX's vast collection.) If you know, please reply to me by mail. -- VAX is a Digital Equipment Corporation trademark. -- UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks
ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (09/24/85)
> Well then. . .is there anything I can do in the way of programming to cause > those things to happen that happen when the RESET button is pressed? > (Alas, the PDP-11's "reset" instruction has disappeared from the VAX's > vast collection.) If you know, please reply to me by mail. > -- Hold the phone, a PDP-11 reset instruction will blow away memory management. Not something you ever want to do when UNIX is running. -Ron