Restoring an 8/E - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Apr 1999

...
 You mean you _don't_ have a pile of PDP11 power
control cables to raid 
suitable plugs from ? 
I do have cables, but I didn't want to canabalize any in order
to just make a loop.  The looped wire did the trick anyway...

...
 Nice!. It's worth testing all the panel lamps (just
load an address of 
all 1's, store data of all 1's to location 0, etc). A blown bulb can make 
debugging a program rather hard... 
I plan on doing that at some point...

Yes, a blown bulb can make debugging VERY annoying...

...
 Try to get some 'plastic weld'. It's a
solvent for the sort of plastic
used on these panels, and you can weld the broken bit back in place. It's
normally a very strong repair.  
Thanks... I'll keep that in mind...

					Megan Gentry
					Former RT-11 Developer

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