20 Jun
2005
20 Jun
'05
4:14 p.m.
On 6/20/05, Joe R. <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
I picked up more DEC parts from Thom today
including several M8350
cards. All I can find out about them is that they're "KA8E posibus
interface". Can anyone provide more details?
Those provide a 'Posibus' interface to OMNIBUS machines. Posibus is a
peripheral bus found on all PDP-8/L and some PDP-8/i machines. There
aren't too many Posibus peripherals (the DF-32D comes to mind), but if
you had one on your -8/L, you could migrate it to your -8/e with the
M8350.
You would need a set of 3 Berg-40-to-DEC-backplane cables - BC08J? to
connect the M8350 to the Posibus device.
I wouldn't throw it away, but you probabably don't have any immediate
need for it, unless you have some uncommon late-1960s peripherals.
-ethan