17 Jul
2002
17 Jul
'02
8:31 p.m.
--- Shawn Rutledge <e_cloud(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I have a PDP8 desk... I found a picture of it on the
'net a
while ago but have lost the link.
It's the one on the cover of the PDP-8/a minicomputer handbook. I
have one (surplused from work a long time ago). Very nice. I used
to have an RL01 and an RX02 in mine, with the -8/a in its half-deep
rack in front of your knees (the external fans on the OMNIBUS box
make it a real "treat" to mount and dismount). The power and boot
switches are a nice touch (the boot switch goes to a Berg connector
that you fit into the DKC8AA and the power switch goes to a DEC power
bus cable for the power sequencer).
One warning: ground the desk if you are going to use the power sequencer.
I walked over to mine in stocking feet when I had it in college, and
stepped on a furnace grate right as I touched a metal part of the desk
and got a nice shock. There _is_ a large yellow warning sticker on the
back of the desk mentioning that it's important to have a dedicated
ground lead. Believe it.
The depression, BTW, is just the right size for a VT52.
-ethan
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