On 12/8/15 11:52 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
What where the failure(s) with System Modules in the
PDP-6? cost?
reliabilty?
Connectors. They had over the top and backplane connectors. They also
had problems with solder joints on rivets used for connecting traces
on the front and back side of the pcb.
I think Steve Russell talked about having to resolder all of the rivets
in SAIL's PDP-6 over time in his CHM oral history.