28 Mar
1999
28 Mar
'99
8:58 p.m.
Now to go through the bring up for a machine that may
have been sitting
for too long. Any thoughts out there on the 8F power supply? I plan to
pull all the cards and load it so I don't cook anything.
Didn't a post come through here just earlier today about someone
offering a pdp-8/f power supply for $30?
This was a fun move and Megan made it easier to do it
by being persistant
and finding a good rental truck vendor with a liftgate. Nice truck!
Everything moved and none broken. A handy item to have are the nylon web
straps. They are handy to keep stuff on slides from sliding and also made
securing the racks to the walls of the truck. Other things were plenty
of rope and a good pair of movers dollies.
I'm going to document all that we used... since I'm taking chemistry,
it may just end up looking like a lab report... (abstract, apparatus
used, procedures, actual write-up)...
At this point I'd like to heartilly recommend Budget Rentals. They
do have lift-gate trucks... the one I got was 15' with 7' inside
vertical dimension. The truck is 11' total height, it handled really
well, and the 90 mile move was about $65 itself. Unfortunately, since
the budget place wasn't open today, I had to rent yesterday, for two
days, so the total price will be higher.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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28 Mar
28 Mar
9:57 p.m.
At 09:58 PM 3/28/99 -0500, Megan wrote:
That would be Don Merz, I bought the 8/F front panel from him :-)
As for the power supply it depends on the vintage. If its the linear supply
(on 8/M's and 8/F's that would be before about 73 then you just have to
watch the caps. If its the switcher (mounted in the rear of the cabinet
with a panel that says "Don't operate for more than 15 minutes with the
cover removed" then the big danger is the switching transistors.
--Chuck
Now to go
through the bring up for a machine that may have been sitting
for too long. Any thoughts out there on the 8F power supply? I plan to
pull all the cards and load it so I don't cook anything.
Didn't a post come through here just earlier today about someone
offering a pdp-8/f power supply for $30? 
11:33 p.m.
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Megan wrote:
I'm going to document all that we used... since
I'm taking chemistry,
it may just end up looking like a lab report... (abstract, apparatus
used, procedures, actual write-up)...
Don't forget the "error analysis". That was always my favorite part
of lab reports, often longer than the rest, itemizing every possible
way I could think of to screw things up by accident, stupidity or
intent -- I got verbose on stupidity and intent.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor
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