10 Apr
2007
10 Apr
'07
4:43 a.m.
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Ashley Carder wrote:
I will remove the M9312 from the RK11 and replace it
with a BC11-A
Unibus cable, which will connect to the Unibus-In slot on the TC11. In
the Unibus Out slot of the TC11, I will place the M9312 bootstrap
terminator card. The TC11 will be connected to the TU56 with the M908
and W032 cables.
Is this the correct way to add the TC11 to my current setup and properly
terminate the Unibus by moving the M9312 to the TC11?
Yes, that's the correct way, although I have the M9312 in the CPU box
(11/34) and a M9302 as the "outside" bus terminator.
Does anyone else out there have a working TC11/TU56 on
a PDP-11? I am
aware of numerous working TU56 / PDP-8 systems, but don't know of anyone
who has a TU56 working on a PDP-11. I know people who have them sitting
in a rack for "show and tell", but not connected and running.
Well, we have a 11/34 with TM11/TU10,RK11D/RK05,RL01,RL02,RA80,PC11/PC05
and since at least two years TC11/TU56, everything is in working
condition.
I also have a TU55 (single unit) DecTape drive. Are
the TU55 drives
compatible with the TC11? Can a TU55 drive be added to the above
configuration and be configured as a 3rd DecTape drive? Or are the TU55
drives not compatible with the TC11? I have skimmed the TC11 manuals
and did not see mention of the older TU55 drives.
I don't know, do you really mean TU55 (the old DECtape)? I ask because
there was a single drive TU56 called TU56H (H for "half").
Christian