11/70 front panel

25 Oct 1998

...

  The "programmer's" front panel
doesn't exist for the PDP11/70.  
 I would guess he's refering to the original 11/70 front panel. It looks 
 just like an 11/45 panel, except that it has 22 address indicators and 22 
 switches. 
Yes.  That's the one.  I called it the "programmer's" panel, because
that's
the nomenclature for the 11/34a and 8/a.  I also do not have a programmer's
front panel for the -8/a, but I never figured I would.  I *really* wanted
to show off the blinkenlights on the 11/70.  I'd even rig up a toggle-in
program, just to do "Cylon" lights.  I wrote one for for the 8/L once, but
I didn't write it down (not that it's too hard to recreate).  It's not much,
but the viewing public eats it up. 

...
  > What you probably have is the 11/70 Remote
Diagnostic Console
 > which allowed DEC to remotely diagnose the 11/70 (even when hung
 > in a microcode loop or power fail routine) from Colorado. 
Yes.  It's the RDC console.  I forgot the term.  They both still have
their modems in the racks (but the yahoos from maintenance cut the lines
going in :-P  )

-ethan

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11/70 front panel