Introduction and RK05J Drive cabling - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Jan 2016

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  From: Joshua Stetson 
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  Ideally I would like to find the following:
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 The interface cable between the two drives: BC11A
 The terminator card M930 
The former is going to be a pain. The latter are findable on eBay. If you
can't find one, drop me a line - I may have one I can spare.

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  I know it's common to run these without the top
cover on for
 calibration purposes. Any tips for that? Maybe a piece of plexiglas
 over the heads to avoid any potential dust or should I not worry too much? 
Don't worry about it; BITD we used to run for short periods with the cover
off, to calibrate heads, etc. The air-flow through the pack and out the head
entrance hole will keep the heads clear. I wouldn't run them without the cover
all the time, but for short periods, it will be fine.

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  From: Tony Duell 
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  The M930 and BC11 should be easy to find, they are
actually the same as
 the bits used on PDP11 Unibus connections. 
The second part is correct, but not the first: BC11 cables are now pretty
much unobtainium.

	Noel