Decmate 2 error codes

[Fleetingthought]

Posted this to CCTalk, but thought I'd run it up the flag pole here as well.
Just picked up a Decmate 2 and have managed to get a monitor, keyboard and boot disk (I think) setup for it, but when I attempt to boot it, I'm getting alternating error codes 17 and 19(on different boot attempts). I've searched and found some of the startup error codes but not these particular ones. Anyone know where I could find such a list?

Thanks,
Tom

 

[daver2]

Tom,

I'll fly the flag for VCFED...

Try here http://www.pdp8.net/pdp8cgi/query_docs/tifftopdf.pl/pdp8docs/ek-decm2-om-002_decmate_II_owners.pdf on page 82.

Your specific error codes (17 and 19) aren't listed - but from a quick glance, the error codes are individual binary bits. Gut feeling tells me to write your codes in binary and look-up the individual error bits:

17 = 16+1.
19 = 16+2+1.

Dave

 

[Fleetingthought]

Thanks Dave, it does indeed have the error codes.
Don't know how I looked over this one. Looks like I'll need to look at the keyboard situation again.

Thanks again,
Tom