22 Sep
1998
22 Sep
'98
7:05 p.m.
Huw Davies <H.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
As far as the -10 is concerned, there would be several
hundred (if not
thousands) of modules
For the KL10, the main CPU cage contains a total of 47 extended hex
modules, of 30 unique types.
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/pdp-10/kl10d_modules.html
and the backplane (for want of a better word) was a
machine wrapped nest of identical (yellow) wires. I doubt that you could
reliably follow a signal within a rack, let alone across the whole machine.
If you didn't have prints, it would be damned difficult. Fortunately
prints exist.
Tracking down a short in the backplane would be a nightmare, though.
Cheers,
Eric