Verifying Computer Operations; Primary System Backup - HP 1000 A990 Installation And Service Manual

The following is an example YCP power-up message for a system with an HP 12009A HP-IB
card at select code 27 and an HP 12005B ASIC card at select code 20 and designated as the
YCP interface:
Installed I/O Cards
ID Rev SC
004 0 27
000 1 20
<-
VCP
(Pretest Error Message)
HP 1000 A-Series
?
for Help
A990 CPU 8192KB MEMORY
(this message appears only if an error was detected;
refer to Chapter 3, A990 Self-Test Programs)
P 00000 M 00000 T 000000 RW 000000
A 000002 B 004022 X 000003 Y 000000
E 0
o
0
VCP>
Note that the A-Register contains the number of I/O cards found by YCP; the B-Register
contains the revision of the YCP code; and the X-Register contains the revision number of
the A990 firmware EPROM.
2. Boot up the RTE-A Primary System using the instructions given in the RTE-A Primary
System Software Installation Manual, part number 92077-90038.
Verifying Computer Operations
You can use the diagnostic programs supplied with the HP 24612A Diagnostic Package (Revision
5270 or later) to verify the installation and operation of your A990 CPU. Complete
documentation is supplied with the package.
Primary System Backup
Use the appropriate backup utility to back up the Primary System. Refer to the RTE-A Utilities
Manual, part number 92077-90004.
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