Introduction and RK05J Drive cabling

On Jan 22, 2016, at 6:25 PM, Joshua Stetson <saburwulf at gmail.com> wrote: I think I lucked out on the foam, as that was one of the first things I checked. I had to go through and replace all the form in my 8/e chassis and that was a pretty disgusting process. These drives were used in a production environment up until a recently and seem really well maintained, and from the looks of it, a very clean environment. They were even shipped to me with the heads locked properly. I'm still going to be super cognizant of the foam when I pull the filters to check them though. Thanks! On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote: > Be very careful of the filter assembly, make sure the foam seals are not > deteriorated to where they can add to what ends up on the platter. > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Joshua Stetson <saburwulf at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi there, long time viewer, first time poster. First an introduction: >> >> My name is Joshua Stetson and I'm a software engineer by trade. My > earliest >> memories have always involved computers starting with a DOS based Zenith >> 8088 where I played some of my first games. >> >> My first foray into "classic" computing was on a Commodore 64 which my >> Uncle gave me while I was still in Jr. High. I'd already been introduced > to >> programming at an early age, so this machine was an absolute treat to me > at >> the time as it was my first step into assembly language. As time >> progressed, my interests turned older and I began a collection of S-100 >> gear including an IMSAI 8080 and a SOL-20. >> >> Over the past couple of years, I've managed to work back even further, >> piecing together a PDP-8/e system from various parts collected over the >> past 4 years and now I have a fully working 8/e including 32kw of core > and >> an RK05E card set. I've been running the system using Kyle Owen's >> os8diskserver and David Gesswein's sendtape utilities which both work >> absolutely wonderfully. It was amazing to be able to run Adventure on a >> native system! >> >> I'd like to send a shout out to Kyle for the os8diskserver, that is some >> pretty awesome work there. David for his software and archive of DEC >> documentation which was indispensable for helping me debug a few boards > and >> get everything running and tested. I also want to thank Vincent Slyngstad >> for his help and support on some questions. >> >> Now to my ask: >> >> Recently I've found a pair of RK05J drives and a few disk packs. One of > my >> drives seems to be in fully working order, the other the blower is not >> working, so I'm working on fixing that right now. >> >> I'm currently missing cabling for connect these drives to the RK05E board >> set. If anyone happens to have an extra cable set they'd be willing to > part >> with so I can bring these beasts back to life, I'd appreciate it! >> >> Ideally I would like to find the following: >> 7009026 Cable which is two ribbon cables with a M933B or C flip chip on > the >> other end >> The interface cable between the two drives: BC11A >> The terminator card M930 >> >> At minimum, I'm pretty sure I'd only need the first cable to run one of > the >> drives, but I'd appreciate any help from those who have more experience. >> >> Also, I don't have a rack for this equipment yet, so I'm running it all >> tabletop, but I'm in the market for a rack + rails (I only have the rails >> for the equipment, but not the ones that mount to the rack itself. Any >> leads on more 16-sector packs would also be appreciated! Also, still > hoping >> to get the extended arithmetic boards, RTC, and possibly a TSC8 > Timesharing >> option as I have 4 SLUs and would love to try out some timesharing. >> >> On a side note, I'm looking to perhaps sell or trade my SOL-20 sometime >> soon. It's 100% working as I restored it about 3 years ago. It works > great, >> but I'm looking to part with all of my S-100 equipment to focus more on >> DEC. >> >> Thanks! >