15 Aug
2006
15 Aug
'06
5:58 p.m.
Subject: Re: PDP-8 /e/f/m memory
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:13:16 +1200
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
On 8/15/06, vrs <vrs at msn.com> wrote:
> From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
> > OK. Is a DEC005 OMNIBUS-friendly? We used them on our Qbus COMBOARD,
> > so that's the context I think of them in.
>
> Interesting question, even though I'd never design in a DEC005. They are
> made of even more unobtainium than the regular tranceivers!
I have a selection of DEC0XX parts on hand from my days in the mill.
Agreed. I have a few, but I used to make Qbus cards.
For most folks,
the only source is other cards.
Or plain TTL. LS241 is a good reciever for Q, U or Omnibus (Schmitt inputs)
and 74LS38 makes a good open collector driver. There are others.
Allison