Skills

Bootloading With Binary Switches

FieldComputer Science
Went Obsolete1989
Made Obsolete ByMore modern computers
Knowledge Assumedbasic computer and technicalskills
When usefulMany of these systems still in use

Texas Instruments TI-980B:

  • Enter address 0000-0000-0000-1111 on the toggle switches
  • Activate the front panel switches in this order
    • Halt
    • Reset
    • PC
    • Run
    • Load
    • Reset
    • IPL
  • When the 8" floppy drive light comes on:
    • Start

Sperry-Univax V-77

On the front panel, press the buttons in this order:

  • Stop/Run
  • Reset
  • Reg
  • Clear
  • Display Clear
  • Enter address "10" (Octal)
  • Stop/Start (LED should be flashing)
  • Start