19 Jul
2004
19 Jul
'04
11:13 a.m.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 09:16:33AM -0400, Ashley Carder wrote:
Can someone here on the list supply me with the
numbers of each
of the cards in the RK05 drive's logic unit, for both the PDP-11 and
the PDP-8? I need to verify what's in my two drives and make
sure that they are correct for the unibus PDP-11.
There is no difference in RK05 logic when you use an RK05 drive with
a PDP-11 controller or a PDP-8 controller. There are two different
cable sets to hook a controller to the first drive, depending on which
controller you have.
If you have an RKV11D (Qbus), you'll have a 4-slot box with RK11D
cards in it, plus a pair of 40-pin ribbon cables going to an M993
card in the first drive, and a pair of 40-pin ribbon cables going
to a card that sits on the Qbus. The dual 40-pin ribbon cables
and M993 paddle card are identical to what you need to hang a drive
off of an RK8E, but that doesn't help you since you have a PDP-11.
If you have an RK11C or RK11D (sounds like you have an RK11D), you'll
have a mylar cable of the identical type that connects Unibus
backplanes together, as well as RK05 drive to RK05 drive. That card
fits into a dedicated slot in the RK11 backplane, not a Unibus slot.
Also, the numbers of each of the cards in the RK11
controller set
for a unibus PDP-11... Can someone elaborate on the details of
connecting RK05 drives to a unibus pdp-11...
Do you have the engineering drawings for the RK11D? I would be
surprised if they weren't on bitsavers.
-ethan
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