(I have
another box with lamps for RK05 etc. They have the part number
on the box and "OL-1" directly on the lamps.)
Now *those* are much rarer, and are the correct ones for the 8/i.
Are they? Perhaps
the PDP-10 uses them in their header panels? If that's
the case, I could harvest some from the system in Kiel - it will never
run again, and I've been given the advice to harvest lamps by the DEC
guy where I got my lamps. In fact he is the man who serviced that
particular system. And he gave me the advice while handing me a lamp
pulling tool... So if those lamps are really rare and could get into
use, I could try to negotiate the harvest.
If I am remembering correctly, they seemed to have the
usual corporate
amnesia about obsolete products and referred me to their US distributor,
Wamco. Wouldn't hurt to ask someone else within the company, though.
Hm...
Did you ask there?
They should be. I have some spare OL-2, but would
happily trade a few
for OL-1 :-).
Hm. I have 26 OL-1. And 80+ OL-2... Wouldn't it better to find
some lamps?
I wonder what I used to replace lamps on the pdp8/l - I have completed
at least one front panel. Ah, oh, I think I took them from another 8/l
that's completely in pieces.
So if the 8/i uses the OL-1 lamps, the 8/l probably does as well. In
that case I would also be very interested to get some more of those.