19 Jul
2012
19 Jul
'12
8:10 a.m.
Hi everyone,
I'm getting ready to see if I can get all those PDP-11's running
properly. I have most of the test equipment I'm likely to meet -
multimeter, oscilloscope, current tracer, logic analyzer - but figured
that extender cards for Qbus and Unibus might come in very handy. Does
anyone have any they'd be willing to part with?
Camiel.
19 Jul
19 Jul
8:42 a.m.
Camiel,
Je kan een quad extender wel van me lenen, de dual heb ik ook nog
wel ergens liggen.
Ed
Hi everyone,
I'm getting ready to see if I can get all those PDP-11's running
properly. I have most of the test equipment I'm likely to meet -
multimeter, oscilloscope, current tracer, logic analyzer - but figured
that extender cards for Qbus and Unibus might come in very handy. Does
anyone have any they'd be willing to part with?
Camiel.
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3:06 p.m.
Hi everyone,
I'm getting ready to see if I can get all those PDP-11's running
properly. I have most of the test equipment I'm likely to meet -
multimeter, oscilloscope, current tracer, logic analyzer - but figured
that extender cards for Qbus and Unibus might come in very handy. Does
The same extenders work for Unibus and Qbus, and indeed Omnibus (PDP8/e,
etc) and several otehr things. They're jsut straingth-through tracks to
conencotr blocks.
You need (at least) a hex-height and a quad-height one. Dual height is
useful too. My set is _not_ up for grabs :-)
Be warned that some machines (the 11/44 sprigns to mind) behave oddly if
soem of their PCBs are put on extnders. I can't rememebr if it's a delay
or noise/coupling problem (probably ythe latter), but I was led a merry
dance when I was trying to sort out the cache in my 11/44 and only after
a lot oftets did I realise this darn thing won't work if the cache board
is on an extender.
If you can;t find the extender boards, the well-known trick of soldering
wires to the points of interest, putting the PCB back i nthe machine,
powering up, and probing the ends of the wires works fine in a lot of
cases. It's slower than using the extender, of course.
-tony
3:57 p.m.
You can use a dual and quad together in place of a hex.
Paul
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm getting ready to see if I can get all those PDP-11's running
properly. I have most of the test equipment I'm likely to meet -
multimeter, oscilloscope, current tracer, logic analyzer - but figured
that extender cards for Qbus and Unibus might come in very handy. Does
The same extenders work for Unibus and Qbus, and indeed Omnibus (PDP8/e,
etc) and several otehr things. They're jsut straingth-through tracks to
conencotr blocks.
You need (at least) a hex-height and a quad-height one. Dual height is
useful too. My set is _not_ up for grabs :-)
Be warned that some machines (the 11/44 sprigns to mind) behave oddly if
soem of their PCBs are put on extnders. I can't rememebr if it's a delay
or noise/coupling problem (probably ythe latter), but I was led a merry
dance when I was trying to sort out the cache in my 11/44 and only after
a lot oftets did I realise this darn thing won't work if the cache board
is on an extender.
If you can;t find the extender boards, the well-known trick of soldering
wires to the points of interest, putting the PCB back i nthe machine,
powering up, and probing the ends of the wires works fine in a lot of
cases. It's slower than using the extender, of course.
-tony 
20 Jul
20 Jul
10:12 a.m.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 02:10:53PM +0200, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm getting ready to see if I can get all those PDP-11's running
properly. I have most of the test equipment I'm likely to meet -
multimeter, oscilloscope, current tracer, logic analyzer - but figured
that extender cards for Qbus and Unibus might come in very handy. Does
anyone have any they'd be willing to part with?
I think you can get them from this company if you don't find them.
http://www.douglas.com/hardware/pcbs/breadboards/digital.html
1:24 p.m.
On Jul 20, 2012, at 7:12 AM, David Gesswein wrote:
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 02:10:53PM +0200, Camiel
Vanderhoeven wrote:
Yes, I just ordered extenders from Douglas Electronics on Wednesday. They even mentioned
to me that someone else had just ordered the same things I did (a quad and a dual), so I
guess DEC extenders are suddenly popular :)
-Seth
Hi everyone,
I'm getting ready to see if I can get all those PDP-11's running
properly. I have most of the test equipment I'm likely to meet -
multimeter, oscilloscope, current tracer, logic analyzer - but figured
that extender cards for Qbus and Unibus might come in very handy. Does
anyone have any they'd be willing to part with?
I think you can get them from this company if you don't find them.
http://www.douglas.com/hardware/pcbs/breadboards/digital.html 
1:37 p.m.
On 07/20/2012 01:24 PM, Seth Morabito wrote:
Yes, I just ordered extenders from Douglas Electronics on Wednesday. They even mentioned
to me that someone else had just ordered the same things I did (a quad and a dual), so I
guess DEC extenders are suddenly popular :)
Funny! I'll be ordering a set after next payday. I had a quad but I
can't seem to find it. :-(
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I'm getting ready to see if I can get all those
PDP-11's running
properly. I have most of the test equipment I'm likely to meet -
multimeter, oscilloscope, current tracer, logic analyzer - but figured
that extender cards for Qbus and Unibus might come in very handy. Does
anyone have any they'd be willing to part with?
I think you can get them from this company if you don't find them.
http://www.douglas.com/hardware/pcbs/breadboards/digital.html
2:38 p.m.
* On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 01:37:50PM -0400, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
wrote:
Funny! I'll be ordering a set after next
payday. I had a quad but I
can't seem to find it. :-(
Yeah they are... spendy. But I guess it's supply and demand.
I really need to get some serious debugging done this weekend, so I hope
mine show up today. If not, I'll have to do the old "solder wires to the
chip leads you want to test and reinstall the card" trick :/
-Dave
-Seth
1:48 p.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
I think this has been asked before, but I didn't find any answer. Basic
googling didn't find anything except a dead
link to a "bluefeathertech" ftp site to a file tantalizingly called
"mq606.zip"
I have an Dilog QBUS MQ606 controller card but no docs. I think it will
connect to 2x ST506 MFM drives. But I think I need to tell
it the geometry of the drives and so I suspect there is some firmware I
need to run to configure the card.... But who knows.
Anyone have a scanned copy of the Dilog MQ606 manual?
thanks!
-brad
1:59 p.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
Is this it?
http://www.miim.com/documents/dilog/mq606.zip
Sent from my iPad
On 2012-07-20, at 1:48 PM, Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com> wrote:
I think this has been asked before, but I didn't
find any answer. Basic googling didn't find anything except a dead
link to a "bluefeathertech" ftp site to a file tantalizingly called
"mq606.zip"
I have an Dilog QBUS MQ606 controller card but no docs. I think it will connect to 2x
ST506 MFM drives. But I think I need to tell
it the geometry of the drives and so I suspect there is some firmware I need to run to
configure the card.... But who knows.
Anyone have a scanned copy of the Dilog MQ606 manual?
thanks!
-brad
3:02 p.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
Is there another Paul Anderson on the list? That wasn't me...
Paul Anderson
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Paul Anderson <wackyvorlon at me.com> wrote:
Is this it?
http://www.miim.com/documents/dilog/mq606.zip
Sent from my iPad
On 2012-07-20, at 1:48 PM, Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com> wrote:
> I think this has been asked before, but I didn't find any answer. Basic googling
didn't find anything except a dead
> link to a "bluefeathertech" ftp site to a file tantalizingly called
"mq606.zip"
>
> I have an Dilog QBUS MQ606 controller card but no docs. I think it will connect to
2x ST506 MFM drives. But I think I need to tell
> it the geometry of the drives and so I suspect there is some firmware I need to run
to configure the card.... But who knows.
>
> Anyone have a scanned copy of the Dilog MQ606 manual?
>
> thanks!
>
> -brad
>
3:08 p.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
There is indeed another Paul Anderson now, just joined last week.
Sent from my iPad
On 2012-07-20, at 3:02 PM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
Is there another Paul Anderson on the list? That
wasn't me...
Paul Anderson
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Paul Anderson <wackyvorlon at me.com> wrote:
> Is this it?
>
> http://www.miim.com/documents/dilog/mq606.zip
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 2012-07-20, at 1:48 PM, Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com> wrote:
>
>> I think this has been asked before, but I didn't find any answer. Basic
googling didn't find anything except a dead
>> link to a "bluefeathertech" ftp site to a file tantalizingly called
"mq606.zip"
>>
>> I have an Dilog QBUS MQ606 controller card but no docs. I think it will connect
to 2x ST506 MFM drives. But I think I need to tell
>> it the geometry of the drives and so I suspect there is some firmware I need to
run to configure the card.... But who knows.
>>
>> Anyone have a scanned copy of the Dilog MQ606 manual?
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> -brad
>>
3:52 p.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
* On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 03:08:50PM -0400, Paul Anderson <wackyvorlon at me.com>
wrote:
There is indeed another Paul Anderson now, just joined
last week.
Sent from my iPad
On 2012-07-20, at 3:02 PM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there another Paul Anderson on the list? That wasn't me...
>
> Paul Anderson
That's bound to cause some confusion. Mind if we call you both "Bruce"
just to keep things clear?
-Seth (with apologies)
3:56 p.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Seth Morabito wrote:
* On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 03:08:50PM -0400, Paul
Anderson <wackyvorlon at me.com> wrote:
G'day Bruce!
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
There is indeed another Paul Anderson now, just
joined last week.
That's bound to cause some confusion. Mind if we call you both "Bruce"
just to keep things clear?
-Seth (with apologies)
4:28 p.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
Ummmmm..... Bruce sounds good.
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Seth Morabito <lists at loomcom.com> wrote:
* On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 03:08:50PM -0400, Paul
Anderson <wackyvorlon at me.com> wrote:
There is indeed another Paul Anderson now, just
joined last week.
Sent from my iPad
On 2012-07-20, at 3:02 PM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there another Paul Anderson on the list? That wasn't me...
>
> Paul Anderson
That's bound to cause some confusion. Mind if we call you both "Bruce"
just to keep things clear?
-Seth (with apologies) 
22 Jul
22 Jul
5:09 a.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Brad Parker wrote:
I think this has been asked before, but I didn't
find any answer. Basic
googling didn't find anything except a dead
link to a "bluefeathertech" ftp site to a file tantalizingly called
"mq606.zip"
I have an Dilog QBUS MQ606 controller card but no docs. I think it will
connect to 2x ST506 MFM drives. But I think I need to tell
it the geometry of the drives and so I suspect there is some firmware I need
to run to configure the card.... But who knows.
Anyone have a scanned copy of the Dilog MQ606 manual?
Try port 50021. Bruce changed the ftp server to a nonstandard port back in
2006. 'ftp ftp.bluefeathertech.com 50021'
5:20 a.m.
New subject: Dilog MQ606 manual?
On Sun, 22 Jul 2012, Tothwolf wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012, Brad Parker wrote:
...and I sent this before reading the 'Paul Anderson' / 'Bruce' bit later
in this thread. By Bruce I meant Bruce Lane, owner of Blue Feather
Technologies.
I think this has been asked before, but I
didn't find any answer. Basic
googling didn't find anything except a dead
link to a "bluefeathertech" ftp site to a file tantalizingly called
"mq606.zip"
I have an Dilog QBUS MQ606 controller card but no docs. I think it will
connect to 2x ST506 MFM drives. But I think I need to tell
it the geometry of the drives and so I suspect there is some firmware I
need to run to configure the card.... But who knows.
Anyone have a scanned copy of the Dilog MQ606 manual?
Try port 50021. Bruce changed the ftp server to a nonstandard port back in
2006. 'ftp ftp.bluefeathertech.com 50021'
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