11 Oct
2022
11 Oct
'22
5:08 p.m.
On 10/11/2022 8:17 AM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk wrote:
Those are the ones. The 3D printed parts are essentially triangular
blocks that mount to the rack and have a drilled and tapped hole for the
KC8's recessed Allen screw.
Vince
Bill Degnan
Mbilldegnan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is there a 3D print gcode for the hardware that connects a PDP8a front
panel to the chassis?
Assuming you're talking about the KC8-A (the panel with the push buttons and 7
segment displays) then I think there were at least two versions. The older version was
pressed onto those plastic ball things that all DEC "pop panels" used. That
didn't work very well, because those plastic pop panel mounts are super easy to
break.
There was a later version that mounted with two metal brackets. The brackets screwed
to the rack rails and were bent to conform to the inside contour of the KC8. There's
a setscrew in each bracket that attached it to the KC8, and there's a small hole
drilled in the bottom of both sides of the KC8 so you could access the screw from the
outside.