11 Jul
2002
11 Jul
'02
5:37 p.m.
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Talking of the RK11-C, has anyone ever tried the lights
panel for it? DEC
made a 3U rack panel with 144 LEDs (!) on it. It could be connected to
some of the older controllers (permanently, not just for diagnostics),
and it displayed (normally) the state of all the programmer-accessible
registers, and perhaps a few other signals. There are the right
connectors for one on a RK11-C backplane. I have a couple of the panels,
but the only bezels I have for them are labelled for the DX11.
I am sure this thing is not particularly _useful_, but flashing lights
are always fun...
-tony
The RP03 controller which I used to maintain (years ago) had one of those light
panels on it... I've never seen one connected to an RK11-C though.
--tom