16 Jun
2015
16 Jun
'15
1:21 a.m.
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From: cctalk [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] on behalf of Mark J. Blair [nf6x at
nf6x.net]
Sent: 16 June 2015 06:06
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Serial UNIBUS Repeater?
I guess magtape was more useful as a backup medium than the RL02...
Something tells me that top panel was hinged at the back...
-tony
[11/730]
Aha! I didn't know that. Makes a lot of sense, and takes up half the floor space
compared to having a TU80 in a
second rack. I think the documentation I have predates that configuration option. for that slot (though one of the later
front-loaders would probably fit). If you don't need an RL02 drive, then i
That's what they did. There was a third (later) packaged system with the CPU, an R80
under it and a front
loading (Cipher F880) magtape on top. That is what mine started out as. I am not sure
if I got the top panel but if I did it is no longer on the rack...
If you do have it, I wonder if it would be hard to add hinges for easy access to a top
expansion chassis?