26 May
2016
26 May
'16
7:12 a.m.
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
From: William
Degnan
Here is the layout starting from slot 9/11 of the
expansion cabinet
Just slot numbers by themselves aren't much use, because if there are any
non-UNIBUS backplanes (e.g. custom backplanes for core memory, for an RH11
-
which has its own custom backplane, you can't use a regular SPC/MUD
'UNIBUS'
backplane to hold it), we need to know what those are, and where.
Note that many boards can only go in a specific slot in a custom backplane,
and vice verse - some slots in such backplanes will only hold a specific
kind
of card.
Taking the RH11-AB as an example: it comes with a 9-slot custom backplane.
Hex
RH11 boards M7294 and M7295 go in slots 3 and 2, respectively (and nowhere
else, and nothing else can go in those slots). UNIBUS A in is in slot 1,
connectors A/B; UNIBUS A out is in slot 9, connectors A/B. UNIBUS B in is
in
slot 8, connectors A/B; UNIBUS A out is in slot 7, connectors A/B.
<snip>
It looks like slot 31 starts another backplane. Given
the cards that are
plugged in (LP11, DL11, etc), it's probably a 'UNIBUS' backplane (i.e. SPC
or
MUD slots).
Noel
Thank you for taking a few to send this information. I was just curious
about the role of the 9300, to explain the configuration I am working
with. I am working to get up to speed on UNIBUS architecture.
For now, I am going to focus on getting any DL11-x serial card or two
running...and maybe a configure one to read diagnostics from the teletype
the other for VT220 @ 2400/9600.
AS I had mentioned earlier I had this system running PDPGUI but my
previously-working DL11-W pooped out. I have the manual, need to diagnose
fix or replace. I am also working on DL11-x (M7800-x) cards on hand.
Bill