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16 Feb 2020

Jerry Weiss <jsw at ieee.org> wrote:

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  On 2/12/20 11:28 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:

   That
fourth card (M7268) is apparently a connector card for the Q-Bus
 and drive bus. 
 Yes, but actually there are 6 cards: the M7269 is a dual card which goes
 into the QBUS backplane, and the M993-YA which goes into the first RK05,
 to convert from the two flat cables which come from the M7268.

  From: Al Kossow 
  Also, it is only 18 bits. 
 Actually, only 16-bit DMA addresses, I'm pretty sure.

 	Noel 
 That's what is documented in Micronote #5. There is a comment in the
 15-Dec-1994 DECUServe Journal that says it can be modified for 18 bits
 from Alan Frisbie. 
Yes, it can, and it works well.  I ran RSX-11M from RK05s on my 11/73 system.

I even managed to find the article I wrote, on a 1986 backup of an RSX-11
disk, now loaded on SIMH on my Alpha/VMS system.  I have already sent a
copy of the RUNOFF file (and resulting text file) to Dave McGuire, who
tracked me down, and will do so for anyone else who would like it.

I also have the RKV11-D manual and print set, but they are buried in one of
the many boxes in my shop, so it might take a while to find them.  If you
need them, let me know and I'll dig them out and scan them.

Alan "Packrat" Frisbie