12 Aug
1999
12 Aug
'99
3:25 p.m.
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Kevin McQuiggin wrote:
I retract my previous statement above. I've been hacking qbus pdp11 systems
a lot lately and completely forgot about the great many quad-width unibus
boards with plastic handles. I do apologize for being an idiot. I really do
know my way around DEC hardware, even if it wasn't readily apparent from this
obvious blunder. :-) Thanks for noticing this and correcting me.
-Dave McGuire
The easy way
to tell a quad pdp11 board from a quad pdp8 board is to look at
the top and see if it's got metal ejector handles or plastic "flip chip"
style
handles. pdp11 boards have a metal spine and metal ejector handles, pdp8
boards have the plastic handles.
This isn't the case. There are several quad height Unibus/pdp-11 cards
that have plastic handles! Check the field guide or ask on the list!