23 Jul
2001
23 Jul
'01
2:46 p.m.
On July 23, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
An interesting thing...That front panel is very similar to that of the
pdp11/34 KY11-LB panel. The KY11-LB is controlled by an i8008
processor. I wonder if the 8/a programmer's panel uses an i8008 as
well. Also, the pdp11/60 has a similar front panel. Anyone know? I
had a pdp11/60 once, but never dug into the panel.
The 8a at least had separate instruction data and bus address leds.
As far as the 11/60 at Pennington... must've been after I left DEC's
Field Service in Princeton... or I would've probably gotten sent there.
I used to go to Mobil in Pennington a lot.
As
annoying as "*RARE*" has become on eBay, I've seen exactly ONE of
those front panels...and I've been actively hacking pdp8s for nearly
twenty years. YMMV.
-Dave McGuire
Bill
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