Debugging ONMIBUS cards - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Nov 1999

...
  the PDP-8/a, I can't generate discreet operations
to run the CPU through its
 paces and I can't toggle in simple programs.  I have the prints for the
 DKC8AA.  Is it feasible to build my own front panel?  I don't even have one
 to copy; I'd be guessing the whole way.  If I could use the KK8A in the -8/e
 box, I would use _its_ front panel, but that doesn't seem to work either. 
Fix the 8E box first. don't worry which board is not working but start
with that box and a minimal configuration.

Forget TTY, Forget OS8, Forget teh full spread of boards just the base CPU
and memory thats all.  Make that work then add peices.  when they are good
you can transfer them to the 8a.  The 8E front pannel is fairly simple and 
a logic probe will be adaquate to shoot it if the switches and lights
aren't enough.

Allison