11 Dec
2006
11 Dec
'06
1:18 a.m.
On 12/11/06, J. Peterson <pdp11 at saccade.com> wrote:
Well, it took a few years, but I finally brought my
PDP-11/70 panel back to
life:
http://www.saccade.com/writing/projects/PDP11/PDP-11.html
Nice.
I'm afraid I don't have the space or power (or
noise tolerance!) to have
the real thing around.
I have the space and power for an 11/70, and, oddly enough, there's an
11/70 in it (and one next to that ;-)
Has anybody else brought panels back to life?
I have a real 11/70 panel that was free from Jay West after he
stripped off all the useful switches from it... my first goal is to
get it working as blinky lights on a real 11/70, then start shopping
around for replacement switches and toggles to get it back in service.
I figure it might take a bit of looking for donor parts, off of, say,
two other broken panels, but it's not too hard a task to accomplish.
Enjoy the panel - real blinkylights are lots of fun.
-ethan