9 Jun
2000
9 Jun
'00
10:57 p.m.
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
A totally mad project that somewhere on the
to-be-hacked pile is to
modify the 8085 console system on an 11/44. Hang blickenlights and
switches off that processor (which would mean hardware mods to the MFM
card, but I have the prints...) and modify the console firmware to look
at them, and to edit PDP11 memory, etc, from them. And to still use the
serial port as the normal console terminal port.
That sounds like great fun; a PDP-11/44 to PDP-11/44t conversion
project! Does anyone know of any sources for some colorful, and
well-made, switches that would look like they belong on an older
computer's front panel?
For the blinkenlights, my least favorite choice is LEDs; does anyone
have a reason for a preference of Ne2 bulbs over incandescent bulbs or
vice versa? Front panel analog meters for monitoring the PSU voltage
levels would be useful as well.
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R. D. Davis
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