Re: QVSS wscons driver

[Cory Smelosky <b4%gewt.net@localhost>]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On 01/05/2015 12:44 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
>
> > Would be a neat pairing for a "deskside" MVAXII. ;)
>
>  Yes.

...now if I only had a CASE for the backplane to go in...;)

> > >  You keep trying to get LK201s outta me, Cory. ;)  I'm hoarding them;
> > > about 2/3 of the ones I have are dead, and I have at least twenty
> > > machines and terminals lacking them.
> >
> > I'll take a 401. ;)
>
>  Ain't gonna happen.

Hehe. ;)

> > 2/3 of mine are dead as well...the one that apparently spent time
> > underwater however continues to work perfectly.
>
>  How...weird.

Yeah.

> > What's the fault?  Controller on 'em?  Ones I had didn't respond at
> > all...never got to checking out why.
>
>  Shattered plastic in many cases.

Ahhh.  Want the plastic from my busted ones?

> > Still need to get that scope from you!
>
>  Yes, and a whole carload (hint hint) of other goodies. ;)  Actually I
> may be able to run that stuff out to you before too long.

Best do it soon before gas goes back up! I'm payin' for the gas.

> > > > Was it possible to upgrade the ROM easily?
> > >
> > >  Yes, I've done it on a few boards.  There may be some compatibility
> > > issues with the pre-rev-K boards (the ones with the buggy Qbus
> > > interface), I'm not sure, but I haven't run into any.
> >
> > Yow.  How could they have shipped with a buggy Qbus interface?!
>
>  Bugs happen, man.

Yeah...but the Qbus is a bit essential to the board doing...anything. ;)

Or was it just a bug that'd only appear in some not-everywhere-but-common 
configs?

>               -Dave

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