13 Feb
2006
13 Feb
'06
7:52 a.m.
Without thinking much about it, I'd say that mounting any
real blinkenlight console on a 11/44 is *not* trivial!
Of course, grabbing UNIBUS address- and data-lines and wiring
that to the lights is trivial, but to get all panel functions
(LOAD ADDR, DEP, EXAM, etc). working on an 11/44 is more work.
I wondered about wiring the panel to the 8085 console processor, and
re-writing that firmware to take commands from the panel switches, not
from the serial port.
But it's not something I am likely to work on any time soon...
-tony