4 Jan
2014
4 Jan
'14
10:10 a.m.
After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to
let go of most of my PDP-11 stuff.
It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
A more complete list can be found at www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week
before a decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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4 Jan
4 Jan
10:47 a.m.
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Subject: A New Year and a large cleanup
After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to let go of most
of
my PDP-11 stuff.
It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
A more complete list can be found at www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week before
a
decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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That is a lovely looking collection. I envy the person who has the space,
time and money to take on this little lot!
Regards
Rob
3:27 p.m.
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 04:10:59PM +0100, E. Groenenberg wrote:
A more complete list can be found at
www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
What a great collection! Sorry to hear you're (2/3) getting out of it though.
Just curious: what's the light panel on the left? RF11? And I hadn't seen
an upright TU80 before...
John Wilson
D Bit
3:56 p.m.
Hello Jim.
That is the DX-11. A communication contoller to interface a PDP with
IBM bus & tag.
Regarding the TU-80, a conversion kit was available to modify
a flat lying TU-80 to an upright one, basically a door, hinges and a few
other parts. I guess a TU-81 can be modifies too.
Regards,
Ed
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 04:10:59PM +0100, E.
Groenenberg wrote:
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A more complete list can be found at
www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
What a great collection! Sorry to hear you're (2/3) getting out of it
though.
Just curious: what's the light panel on the left? RF11? And I hadn't
seen
an upright TU80 before...
John Wilson
D Bit
5:28 p.m.
Well, I know another person on the list who has 2 or 3 units....
It's basically a large backplane with lots of small flip-chip cards,
I guess when the would have designed it a yesr or 2 later, it could
have been 1 or 2 hex boards.
I have the original FS diagrams for it too and it shows a nice drawing
of the 360 (or 370?) console too.
Regards,
Ed
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:56:12PM +0100, E.
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That is the DX-11. A communication contoller to
interface a PDP with
IBM bus & tag.
Wow, even rarer! This is the first one I've ever heard of in real life.
John Wilson
D Bit
10:18 p.m.
On 1/4/14 2:28 PM, E. Groenenberg wrote:
Well, I know another person on the list who has 2 or 3 units....
It's basically a large backplane with lots of small flip-chip cards,
I guess when the would have designed it a yesr or 2 later, it could
have been 1 or 2 hex boards.
I have the original FS diagrams for it too and it shows a nice drawing
of the 360 (or 370?) console too.
It would be nice to get these archived. The only thing I have on the DX-11 is a brochure.
11:22 p.m.
I might have a DX11 or 2 around here. I think I found the DH, DJ, DL, DN,
DP,DZ and probably a few others.
Also found DB11 unibus repeater and DR11-B.
Paul
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
On 1/4/14 2:28 PM, E. Groenenberg wrote:
Well, I know another person on the list who has 2 or 3 units....
It's basically a large backplane with lots of small flip-chip cards,
I guess when the would have designed it a yesr or 2 later, it could
have been 1 or 2 hex boards.
I have the original FS diagrams for it too and it shows a nice drawing
of the 360 (or 370?) console too.
It would be nice to get these archived. The only thing I have on the DX-11
is a brochure.
5 Jan
5 Jan
4:31 a.m.
Hello Al.
I'll see if it can be fed through the copier/scanner at the office,
afaik it can generate a pdf out of it directly.
Regards,
Ed
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Well, I know another person on the list who has 2 or 3 units....
It's basically a large backplane with lots of small flip-chip cards,
I guess when the would have designed it a yesr or 2 later, it could
have been 1 or 2 hex boards.
I have the original FS diagrams for it too and it shows a nice drawing
of the 360 (or 370?) console too.
It would be nice to get these archived. The only thing I have on the DX-11
is a brochure.
2:58 p.m.
I have the
original FS diagrams for it too and it shows a nice drawing
of the 360 (or 370?) console too.
It would be nice to get these archived. The only thing I have on the
DX-11 is a brochure. 
6 Jan
6 Jan
10:51 a.m.
On Jan 5, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I certainly have the DX11 printset (but I don't remember any pictures of
the IBM 370 console). I think I alos have a binder of MainDEC listings
for it.
BTW, the card decks I mentioned are the IBM side diagnostics. I don?t know if the DX-11
was always used this way, but presumably at least one mode is for the PDP-11 to look like
a channel attached I/O device, so the other end of the DX-11 would be an IBM host. So for
diagnostics, you?d need a program at each end, and the IBM end was delivered in the form
of an absolute binary card deck. I?d only seen such a thing once before (in the 360/44
emulator deck).
paul
I have the original FS diagrams for it too and it
shows a nice drawing
of the 360 (or 370?) console too.
It would be nice to get these archived. The only thing I have on the
DX-11 is a brochure.
4:24 p.m.
BTW, the card decks I mentioned are the IBM side diagnostics. I don?t
Yes, I guessed that, and that is one thing I do not have with mine.
know if the DX-11 was always used this way, but
presumably at least one
mode is for the PDP-11 to look like a channel attached I/O device, so
I think that's the onyl mode of operation. All I'ce read suggests the
DX11 allows a PDP11 to be a peripjeral on an IBM system. I don't think
the DX11 can be a channel controller (or whatever the term for the host
side is).
-tony
4:58 p.m.
From what I remember from the manual (have it
somewhere, can't find it
directly). it can not be a controller, only a device.
The manual shows the drawing of the IBM 370 console, not the FS diagrams
which I did check today.
The manual is not that thick, I'll have it scanned and pdf-ed and send it
to Al for archiving on bitsavers too.
Would any diagnostic need a bus & tag terminator? I happened to have
bought one of each a year ago on epay for just a few dollars.
Another thing, would these diags let the lamp panel show some status
of the diagnostic(s) when running?
Ed
BTW, the card decks I mentioned are the IBM side diagnostics. I don?t
Yes, I guessed that, and that is one thing I do not have with mine.
know if the DX-11 was always used this way, but
presumably at least one
mode is for the PDP-11 to look like a channel attached I/O device, so
I think that's the onyl mode of operation. All I'ce read suggests the
DX11 allows a PDP11 to be a peripjeral on an IBM system. I don't think
the DX11 can be a channel controller (or whatever the term for the host
side is).
-tony
7 Jan
7 Jan
2:34 p.m.
Another thing, would these diags let the lamp panel show some status
of the diagnostic(s) when running?
I would ahve to check the prints to be sure, but from what I rememebrm
the lamps show the states of the bits in the registers accessible from
the Unibus (command, memory address, word counbt, etc) and some intenral
signals. So I guess the diagnostics will cause said lamps ot do
something, but only becuase the diagnostic is accessing the DX11 hardware.
-tony
5 Jan
5 Jan
2:42 p.m.
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:56:12PM +0100, E. Groenenberg wrote:
I've got a couple. 8 rows of flip-chip cards in a large backplane.
IIRC the lights panel can also be used with some other DEC peripherals.
The RK11-C I think has connectors for it.
-tony
That is the DX-11. A communication contoller to
interface a PDP with
IBM bus & tag.
Wow, even rarer! This is the first one I've ever heard of in real life.
4:32 p.m.
On Jan 5, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
The DX-11 is a CSS (?Computer Special Systems?) pruduct. That division built custom and
special low volume devices. Given that, the fact that it?s built out of small standard
flip chip cards instead of custom-designed boards makes a lot of sense.
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:56:12PM +0100, E. Groenenberg wrote:
I've got a couple. 8 rows of flip-chip cards in a large backplane. That is the DX-11. A communication contoller to
interface a PDP with
IBM bus & tag.
Wow, even rarer! This is the first one I've ever heard of in real life.
IIRC the lights panel can also be used with some other DEC peripherals.
The RK11-C I think has connectors for it.
I think you?re right. The same basic 3U lights panel, with different covers for different
lamp labels, shows up on the RF11, RS04, RP11, and probably several other devices.
paul
4:35 p.m.
Probably, the panel with the lights should be universal, it's only the
printing on the plastic which defines which light represent what it
means.
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On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:56:12PM +0100, E. Groenenberg wrote:
I've got a couple. 8 rows of flip-chip cards in a large backplane.
IIRC the lights panel can also be used with some other DEC peripherals.
The RK11-C I think has connectors for it.
-tony
That is the DX-11. A communication contoller to
interface a PDP with
IBM bus & tag.
Wow, even rarer! This is the first one I've ever heard of in real life.
6 Jan
6 Jan
3:27 p.m.
Probably, the panel with the lights should be universal, it's only the
printing on the plastic which defines which light represent what it
means.
Yes. The lights panel has 144 lamps on it. There are 4 ribbon cables
ending in single-height DEC connector boards, so all the contacts on said
boards are signals. The groudn return is via the power wiring (!). IIRC
it needs 8V, whihc a lot of older DEC PSUs provided.
There are 4 otherwise unused connecotrs in the RK11-C which I am pretty
sure are used for such a lights panel. Sometime I must try it.
Of coruse the printing on the plastic front panel is device-specific.
-tony
4 Jan
4 Jan
4:36 p.m.
Do you have the diagnostics for it?
I worked with a guy who was in DX-11 support before he came to the RSTS group. He had
sitting in his office some DX-11 disagnostics ? big boxes of IBM 360 binary card decks.
paul
On Jan 4, 2014, at 3:56 PM, E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote:
Hello Jim.
That is the DX-11. A communication contoller to interface a PDP with
IBM bus & tag.
Regarding the TU-80, a conversion kit was available to modify
a flat lying TU-80 to an upright one, basically a door, hinges and a few
other parts. I guess a TU-81 can be modifies too.
Regards,
Ed
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 04:10:59PM +0100, E.
Groenenberg wrote:
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A more complete list can be found at
www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
What a great collection! Sorry to hear you're (2/3) getting out of it
though.
Just curious: what's the light panel on the left? RF11? And I hadn't
seen
an upright TU80 before...
John Wilson
D Bit
5:33 p.m.
Not some special floppies or so.
If not on the generic XXDP+ kit, then I don't have them.
Regards,
Ed
Do you have the diagnostics for it?
I worked with a guy who was in DX-11 support before he came to the RSTS
group. He had sitting in his office some DX-11 disagnostics ? big boxes
of IBM 360 binary card decks.
paul
On Jan 4, 2014, at 3:56 PM, E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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Hello Jim.
That is the DX-11. A communication contoller to interface a PDP with
IBM bus & tag.
Regarding the TU-80, a conversion kit was available to modify
a flat lying TU-80 to an upright one, basically a door, hinges and a few
other parts. I guess a TU-81 can be modifies too.
Regards,
Ed
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 04:10:59PM +0100, E.
Groenenberg wrote:
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A more complete list can be found at
www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
What a great collection! Sorry to hear you're (2/3) getting out of it
though.
Just curious: what's the light panel on the left? RF11? And I hadn't
seen
an upright TU80 before...
John Wilson
D Bit
5 Jan
5 Jan
4:31 a.m.
Hello Ed,
I know I'm ab bit late, but is there by any chance still a possibility to buy? a
blinken-lights PDP of yours?
Do you also offer an RK611 controller? I own four RK07 and I bought a reference pack
(together with a PDP 11/44) from you two years ago but I still don't have a
controller.
Thanks in advance for a short answer and a happy new year to you.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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Von: E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl>
An: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Gesendet: 16:10 Samstag, 4.Januar 2014
Betreff: A New Year and a large cleanup
After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to
let go of most of my PDP-11 stuff.
It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
A more complete list can be found at www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week
before a decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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4:34 a.m.
Sorry to the list,
this one was supposed to go off-list.
Regards,
Pierre
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Gesendet: 10:31 Sonntag, 5.Januar 2014
Betreff: Re: A New Year and a large cleanup
Hello Ed,
I know I'm ab bit late, but is there by any chance still a possibility to buy? a
blinken-lights PDP of yours?
Do you also offer an RK611 controller? I own four RK07 and I bought a reference pack
(together with a PDP 11/44) from you two years ago but I still don't have a
controller.
Thanks in advance for a short answer and a happy new year to you.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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> Von: E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl>
>An: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>Gesendet: 16:10 Samstag, 4.Januar 2014
>Betreff: A New Year and a large cleanup
>
>
>
>After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to
>let go of most of my PDP-11 stuff.
>
>It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
>TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
>
>A more complete list can be found at
www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a
few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week
before a decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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5:30 a.m.
Hi Pierre,
I have a RK611 controller and several 06 and 07 packs, but they are in the
states if that helps any.
Thanks, Paul
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:31 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote:
Hello Ed,
I know I'm ab bit late, but is there by any chance still a possibility to
buy a blinken-lights PDP of yours?
Do you also offer an RK611 controller? I own four RK07 and I bought a
reference pack (together with a PDP 11/44) from you two years ago but I
still don't have a controller.
Thanks in advance for a short answer and a happy new year to you.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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Von: E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl>
An: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Gesendet: 16:10 Samstag, 4.Januar 2014
Betreff: A New Year and a large cleanup
After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to
let go of most of my PDP-11 stuff.
It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
A more complete list can be found at www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week
before a decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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Pretty. The 11/70 in particular :-)
2014/1/4 E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl>
After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to
let go of most of my PDP-11 stuff.
It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
A more complete list can be found at www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week
before a decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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Hi Ed,
You have some very nice items there! I wish we were closer.
If you are willing to ship to the states, or I can find someone who is, I
am interested in the following:
TU58 tapes
any/all hardware documentation for DEC terminals, especially VT340 and
VT340+
All industrial control items
I think I saw an 11/60 front panel on the right side of the first picture.
That, any documentation, and do you have any backplanes, boards or other
parts?
Thanks, Paul
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:10 AM, E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote:
After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to
let go of most of my PDP-11 stuff.
It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
A more complete list can be found at www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week
before a decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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3:38 p.m.
Sorry, That was suppose to go off list.
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Ed,
You have some very nice items there! I wish we were closer.
If you are willing to ship to the states, or I can find someone who is, I
am interested in the following:
TU58 tapes
any/all hardware documentation for DEC terminals, especially VT340 and
VT340+
All industrial control items
I think I saw an 11/60 front panel on the right side of the first picture.
That, any documentation, and do you have any backplanes, boards or other
parts?
Thanks, Paul
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:10 AM, E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote:
After deliberating it for several months, I have decided to
let go of most of my PDP-11 stuff.
It consists roughly of a 11/70, 2 RK07's, 3 RK05's, 2 RL02's,
TU-80 (upright one), RM03 drive and a PC04, + many parts etc.
A more complete list can be found at www.groenenberg.net/download/1170
as well as a few pics.
Offers are entertained, and questions will be answered.
Response to offers will be not immediate, I'll wait at least a week
before a decision is made on that.
The stuff is located in the Netherlands, about 20 Km west of Arnhem.
Ed
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