30 Mar
2025
30 Mar
'25
4:57 p.m.
On 3/29/25 21:05, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM Jon Elson via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yes, you certainly are correct. It has been SUCH a long
time since I worked on any Unibus systems...
Jon
In the "old" days, such as the
1970's, pretty much any
DEC-manufactured peripheral was supplied as a bunch of cards
that plugged into a specific backplane section, generally 9
slots, I think. A couple double-wide slots were for the
Unibus in and out connectors.
There were plenty of 9-slot system unit peripherals,
but there were
also 4-slot system unit peripherals in the early days.