22 Mar
2014
22 Mar
'14
11:21 p.m.
From: Vincent Slyngstad: Saturday, March 22, 2014 6:02 PM
Apparently Omnibus systems with more than 2 boxes were
not
guaranteed to work. I'm not sure what lengths the BC80C cable
assembly came in.
Found it. A BC80C cable is apparently about 6 feet from edge
connector to edge connector, with about 4 feet of flexprint
between the paddle cards.
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp8/pdp8a/MP00140_BA8-C_Unit_As…
(page 56 of 60)
So the total length of an Omnibus wasn't supposed to be terribly
long.
Vince