Be very careful of the filter assembly, make sure the foam seals are not
deteriorated to where they can add to what ends up on the platter.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Joshua Stetson <saburwulf at gmail.com> wrote:
  Hi there, long time viewer, first time poster. First
an introduction:
 My name is Joshua Stetson and I'm a software engineer by trade. My earliest
 memories have always involved computers starting with a DOS based Zenith
 8088 where I played some of my first games.
 My first foray into "classic" computing was on a Commodore 64 which my
 Uncle gave me while I was still in Jr. High. I'd already been introduced to
 programming at an early age, so this machine was an absolute treat to me at
 the time as it was my first step into assembly language. As time
 progressed, my interests turned older and I began a collection of S-100
 gear including an IMSAI 8080 and a SOL-20.
 Over the past couple of years, I've managed to work back even further,
 piecing together a PDP-8/e system from various parts collected over the
 past 4 years and now I have a fully working 8/e including 32kw of core and
 an RK05E card set. I've been running the system using Kyle Owen's
 os8diskserver and David Gesswein's sendtape utilities which both work
 absolutely wonderfully. It was amazing to be able to run Adventure on a
 native system!
 I'd like to send a shout out to Kyle for the os8diskserver, that is some
 pretty awesome work there. David for his software and archive of DEC
 documentation which was indispensable for helping me debug a few boards and
 get everything running and tested. I also want to thank Vincent Slyngstad
 for his help and support on some questions.
 Now to my ask:
 Recently I've found a pair of RK05J drives and a few disk packs. One of my
 drives seems to be in fully working order, the other the blower is not
 working, so I'm working on fixing that right now.
 I'm currently missing cabling for connect these drives to the RK05E board
 set. If anyone happens to have an extra cable set they'd be willing to part
 with so I can bring these beasts back to life, I'd appreciate it!
 Ideally I would like to find the following:
 7009026 Cable which is two ribbon cables with a M933B or C flip chip on the
 other end
 The interface cable between the two drives: BC11A
 The terminator card M930
 At minimum, I'm pretty sure I'd only need the first cable to run one of the
 drives, but I'd appreciate any help from those who have more experience.
 Also, I don't have a rack for this equipment yet, so I'm running it all
 tabletop, but I'm in the market for a rack + rails (I only have the rails
 for the equipment, but not the ones that mount to the rack itself. Any
 leads on more 16-sector packs would also be appreciated! Also, still hoping
 to get the extended arithmetic boards, RTC, and possibly a TSC8 Timesharing
 option as I have 4 SLUs and would love to try out some timesharing.
 On a side note, I'm looking to perhaps sell or trade my SOL-20 sometime
 soon. It's 100% working as I restored it about 3 years ago. It works great,
 but I'm looking to part with all of my S-100 equipment to focus more on
 DEC.
 Thanks!