On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM, B M <iamvirtual at gmail.com> wrote:
Yikes! ?I checked the PDP-11 and the RK05. ?I am happy
to report that both
survived the newbie torture test!! ?RT11 w/ MUBAS is still operational :-)
I never considered the fact that the bus inside the main system is so tailored
to the cards installed within them, especially on a slot by slot basis.
Mostly, DEC stuff is pretty robust for wrong slot/wrong orientation
mistakes. One exception I know of has to do with MUD (Modified Unibus
Device) slots and PSU voltages.
http://retrocmp.com/how-tos/setup-a-pdp-11-unibus-backplane
-ethan