31 Jan
31 Jan
9:26 a.m.
From: "woodelf" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:01 PM
topic says all. I seem to have lost the web link.
You may be referring to the Imsai Series 2 (www.imsai.net).
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
9:54 a.m.
From: "woodelf"
<bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:01 PM
Or to the "Homebrew PDP-11 console" at http://www.pdp-11.nl/?
Vince
topic says all. I seem to have lost the web link.
You may be referring to the Imsai Series 2 (www.imsai.net). 
1:05 p.m.
vrs wrote:
Or to the "Homebrew PDP-11 console" at
http://www.pdp-11.nl/?
Vince
.
That was the link I was looking for, thanks. I was hoping he had more on
the panel
rather than the interface to it. Note the PDP-8 front panel/emulator is
nice. Note most
of my lurking here is for information about classic computers so I can
build my own special
cpu since a real classic computers or out of my price range. I was
hoping for a PCB
of the 11's led and switch board so I don't have to home brew my own. I
guess I'll need
also now to download this front panel designer program from here:
http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/home/index.htm
Now is there a need for 8's and 11's front panels ( or other classics )
from classic computer
users? Woodelf.
1:57 p.m.
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:05:18 -0700, woodelf <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
vrs wrote:
Henk's project is the guts behind it, not so much the metalwork. What
I need to do is find a cheap source of suitable switches - I have a
pair of board sets (2 CPU, 2 I/O) and most of the guts to populate
them at home already (some of the parts are surplus from a failed
Commodore dealer, making it _doubly_ classic ;-) Between this front
panel stuff, and a couple of modern Elf projects (Elf2K and
Micro/Elf), I am going to be hitting local hamfests hard for
appropriate toggle switches. I have a wad of C&K paddle switches, but
they aren't right for either of the Elf designs (I _could_ use them on
a custom -8 or -11 FP, but the particular C&K switches I have are
might narrow, narrower than the ones used on the FP6120, so they will
look funny on a 19"-wide FP).
If I had a source of genuine DEC PDP-8/L toggles, I do have a dead
-8/L FP board (that came to me with smashed lights and missing plastic
toggles)...
-ethan
Or to the "Homebrew PDP-11 console" at
http://www.pdp-11.nl/?
That was the link I was looking for, thanks. I was hoping he had more on
the panel rather than the interface to it.
3:50 p.m.
Henk's project is the guts behind it, not so much
the metalwork. What
I need to do is find a cheap source of suitable switches - I have a
pair of board sets (2 CPU, 2 I/O) and most of the guts to populate
them at home already (some of the parts are surplus from a failed
Commodore dealer, making it _doubly_ classic ;-) Between this front
panel stuff, and a couple of modern Elf projects (Elf2K and
Micro/Elf), I am going to be hitting local hamfests hard for
appropriate toggle switches. I have a wad of C&K paddle switches, but
they aren't right for either of the Elf designs (I _could_ use them on
a custom -8 or -11 FP, but the particular C&K switches I have are
might narrow, narrower than the ones used on the FP6120, so they will
look funny on a 19"-wide FP).
The switches do seem to be the hard part. Mostly the stuff that is
available is smaller then the old stuff.
If I had a source of genuine DEC PDP-8/L toggles, I do
have a dead
-8/L FP board (that came to me with smashed lights and missing plastic
toggles)...
I was looking for 8/L (or 8/e) stuff, but couldn't find anything close. I
did find some 8/i style rockers, but although they will fit the PCB of an
8/i front panel, the rocker arm is quite a bit smaller than the ones used on
the 8/i.
Vince
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