21 Jun
2009
21 Jun
'09
4:51 p.m.
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Dave McGuire wrote:
The cable terminates in a
DB50female connector and the "console" cable
terminates in 4 wires into a bare db25male connector
I look ed over the entire chassis but could see no BA series numbers.
There are 2 11/03 model numbers in the back (looks like some sort of
upgrade sequence) but nothing BA related. Where would they be?
On Jun 21, 2009, at 4:53 PM, steve shumaker wrote:
That would explain why I wasn't finding in any of the
cards associated
with the 11/03. So this unit was significantly upgraded in some fashion?
Date stamps on the 8059 and 8186 are jan 1985. most other stamps are
1980... the unit was supposedly pulled from the internal network of the
Borden Chemical Co but there are CompuServe inventory stickers on the
boards.
Not sure how much of a score it is but I'm
now the owner of what was
described as a fully functioning pdp11/03. This would be my first
pdp unit
Cards installed are:
Cards are:
M8059KJ
M8186
M8639
M8028
That's a PDP-11/23, not a PDP-11/03. The M8186 is a KDF11 processor
module.
In other words: SCORE! I've done the obvious thing on bitsavers but
whats a good place to
start exploring with this unit? There's no drives or console with
it although there is a large ribbon cable attached to the M8639
card. It also has a serial cable so one MIGHT be able to connect a
console to it.
That's an RQDX1 disc controller board. Pretty limited actually.
Was there anything on the other end of the ribbon cable? Never had access to anything like this so
it's all new.. The goal
obviously is to assemble a complete system.
You are close...we just need to find you some sort of disk
subsystem. What kind of chassis do you have? Look for a number
starting with "BA" (BA11-xx, BA23, etc). Or take a pic and I'll ID it
for you.
-Dave