9 Mar
2003
9 Mar
'03
4:18 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence LeMay" <lemay(a)cs.umn.edu>
To: <cctech(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: New To List and PDP8 Question
I usually just buy the core stacks from DEC resellers. You pay a bit
more, but you generally get something that has been cared for and
works.
The resellers I have contacted have no more of these.
Are you saying you have a case/power supply and omnibus? Or are you
trying to cobble something together without case/ps?
Cobble together is a very good way to describe what I am trying to do. I
wish I had a case/power supply but don't and can't believe what systems are
fetching on eBay. I guess I just have a burning desire to see one actually
work (I love blinkenlights!)
One of the main problems I had with my first 8/E, was
that most of the
front
panel bulbs were burned out. Probably because once a
few burn out, the
voltage
rises on the others causing them to burn out faster.
My panel has bulbs and I plan to gently apply the supply to these for the
first time until I see what it takes to turn them on.
Bill