10 Dec
2017
10 Dec
'17
3:19 p.m.
From: Ethan Dicks
I look forward to taking a stab at this.
I suspect there are a number of people who'd be interested in MASSBUS storage
devices (e.g. me - suddenly all those RH11's I've got are no longer boat-
anchors :-). We should try and organize an group build, to share the load.
Anyone else interested?
Oh, one detail I didn't look at: what's the physical interface this uses?
Hopefully three of the Berg/DuPont connectors (i.e. what's on the RHxx
boards, with flat cables going to the adapter to the standard MASSBUS
connector, a device rejoicing in the name 'Receptacle Housing Assembly'); the
original MASSBUS cables (along with the 'Receptacle Housing Assembly' are now
rare as hen's teeth). And there's also the MASSBUS termination...
Noel
11 Dec
11 Dec
1:45 a.m.
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 06:19:10PM -0500, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
I am and possibly the Update computer club and some of it's members.
However, I have very little experience with making hardware. How would
we aproach this?
(This is very good news, the chance of getting my 2020 running by year
2020 is now a lot bigger. Also, as I've stated elsewhere, thank you to
LCM and everyone involved!)
Regards,
Pontus.
From: Ethan
Dicks
I look forward to taking a stab at this.
I suspect there are a number of people who'd be interested in MASSBUS storage
devices (e.g. me - suddenly all those RH11's I've got are no longer boat-
anchors :-). We should try and organize an group build, to share the load.
Anyone else interested?
5:59 a.m.
On Dec 11, 2017, at 4:45 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 06:19:10PM -0500, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
I am and possibly the Update computer club and some of it's members.
However, I have very little experience with making hardware. How would
we aproach this?
There are plenty of companies in the "prototype production" business; they will
make either blank printed circuit boards, or assembled boards, in small quantities. For
our purposes a group build probably counts as "small quantity". One I can think
of (and have used for blank PCBs) is PCB Pool.
Depending on the parts involved and the skill level of the consumers, it may be reasonable
to get blank boards and a parts bag and have the user assemble it -- or it may be better
to let professionals do the assembly.
paul
From:
Ethan Dicks
I look forward to taking a stab at this.
I suspect there are a number of people who'd be interested in MASSBUS storage
devices (e.g. me - suddenly all those RH11's I've got are no longer boat-
anchors :-). We should try and organize an group build, to share the load.
Anyone else interested?
10:50 a.m.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 08:59:46AM -0500, Paul Koning wrote:
I'm quite confident with a soldering iron when it comes to through hole
components. I haven't looked at the BOM for this project yet but I guess
there are surface mount components.
Perhaps an opportunity to learn.
/P
I am and possibly the Update computer club and some of it's members.
However, I have very little experience with making hardware. How would
we aproach this?
There are plenty of companies in the "prototype production" business; they will
make either blank printed circuit boards, or assembled boards, in small quantities. For
our purposes a group build probably counts as "small quantity". One I can think
of (and have used for blank PCBs) is PCB Pool.
Depending on the parts involved and the skill level of the consumers, it may be
reasonable to get blank boards and a parts bag and have the user assemble it -- or it may
be better to let professionals do the assembly.
11:49 a.m.
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Oh, one detail I didn't look at: what's the
physical interface this uses?
Hopefully three of the Berg/DuPont connectors (i.e. what's on the RHxx
boards, with flat cables going to the adapter to the standard MASSBUS
connector, a device rejoicing in the name 'Receptacle Housing Assembly');
the
original MASSBUS cables (along with the 'Receptacle Housing Assembly' are
now
rare as hen's teeth). And there's also the MASSBUS termination...
It uses three 40-pin dual-row headers, so you can cable it to a real
Massbus connector (RHA), or you might be able to cable it directly to the
Berg headers of a DEC Massbus adapter.
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