21 Dec
2000
21 Dec
'00
1:35 p.m.
I'm trying to put together some pages on the VAX and have put them up under
my computers section
<http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/computers>. One of the pages is a pricing
guide for VAXen :-) Now that should start an interesting discussion :-)
--Chuck
21 Dec
21 Dec
4:05 p.m.
I'm trying to put together some pages on the VAX
and have put them
up under my computers section
<http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/computers>. One of the pages is a
pricing guide for VAXen :-) Now that should start an interesting
discussion :-)
I don't have much to say about your VAX pages,
but the PDP-5 stuff caught my eye. I foolishly allowed
a friend to dismantle one many years ago; all I got
out of the deal was the front panel. Mine doesn't have
those rectangular slots(?) over on the left side and
one of the switches is different (it's got a really
long handle on it); I forget which switch.
It's my understanding that the modules the PDP-5 are
built out of are called System Modules. They predate
the flip-chip modules.
--
Roger Ivie
rivie(a)teraglobal.com
Not speaking for TeraGlobal Communications Corporation
9:33 p.m.
New subject: PDP-5 info. Re: Comments? VAX pages
At 03:05 PM 12/21/00 -0700, Roger wrote:
I don't have much to say about your VAX pages,
but the PDP-5 stuff caught my eye. I foolishly allowed
a friend to dismantle one many years ago; all I got
out of the deal was the front panel. Mine doesn't have
those rectangular slots(?) over on the left side and
one of the switches is different (it's got a really
long handle on it); I forget which switch.
Its missing the "table" that extends in front of the panel.
It's my understanding that the modules the PDP-5
are
built out of are called System Modules. They predate
the flip-chip modules.
You are correct sir. They have a bowed metal rim around the top. The core
module is a third party affair surrounded by a few of them. The TTY
interface is in the bottom and consists of a row of system modules.
--Chuck
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