29 May
2020
29 May
'20
5:27 a.m.
From: Bill Degnan
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> I think I have a spare set of boards for the
controller.
I might be interested if no one else wants this.
You'll need a backplane too - and that's non-trivial. (I'm in the process of
producing one for a KE11-A.) The RK611 is a 9-slot (although several slots
are just SPC, and can be ignored).
Hence the plaint on my 'PDP-11 Models' page:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/PDP-11_Models.html
"DO NOT just keep the boards, and discard the box, bulkhead panels, cables,
etc. Everyone does that, as a result of which we are now over-supplied with
boards - but the cables, boxes etc are now rare (un-obtainium in some cases
..) These are all now worth a lot more than the cards are!"
Noel
29 May
29 May
6:54 a.m.
Thanks Noel: The boards are not RK611 controller boards, they seem to go
in the drives themselves, maybe.
m7706, m7906, m7908,m7907
I don't remember RK07's much, they were quickly replaced by RL02's in
the world I lived in. Kind of odd little ducks.
I'm just trying to get rid of junk, and they're taking up space. I had
an RK611 in a Plessy expansion box but I think I sold that with my
11/34+2 RM02's awhile ago.
C
On 5/29/2020 8:27 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
From: Bill
Degnan
`
> I think I have a spare set of boards for the
controller.
I might be interested if no one else wants this.
You'll need a backplane too - and that's non-trivial. (I'm in the process of
producing one for a KE11-A.) The RK611 is a 9-slot (although several slots
are just SPC, and can be ignored).
Hence the plaint on my 'PDP-11 Models' page:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/PDP-11_Models.html
"DO NOT just keep the boards, and discard the box, bulkhead panels, cables,
etc. Everyone does that, as a result of which we are now over-supplied with
boards - but the cables, boxes etc are now rare (un-obtainium in some cases
..) These are all now worth a lot more than the cards are!"
Noel
8:58 a.m.
On 5/29/2020 7:27 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
"DO NOT just keep the boards, and discard the
box, bulkhead panels, cables,
etc. Everyone does that, as a result of which we are now over-supplied with
boards - but the cables, boxes etc are now rare (un-obtainium in some cases
..) These are all now worth a lot more than the cards are!"
Noel
I agree. Fortunately, the few things that I have disassembled (which
include a couple of RK06's) I did indeed keep just about everything
except the case.
Coincidentally, I *do* have an RK611 backplane and cards. I'd be
willing to part with the backplane, but want to keep the boards as spares.
JRJ
9:28 a.m.
Noel,
I can I hope get the backplane and complete 11/44 that goes with it, plus
the RK06 or RK07 (I forget which). If you or anyone is really interested I
can try to track this one down. I have been trying to get through to the
owner, he has not returned my calls, but he's a nice guy and I hope to get
the remains of his DEC stuff asap. I was not super enthusiastic about
getting a RK06/7 drive for space reasons. Contact me privately if anyone
is interested.
I also reached out a guy that has a few complete 8i systems, trying to get
those too.
Bill
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 8:27 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
From: Bill
Degnan
`
> I think I have a spare set of boards for the
controller.
I might be interested if no one else wants this.
You'll need a backplane too - and that's non-trivial. (I'm in the process
of
producing one for a KE11-A.) The RK611 is a 9-slot (although several slots
are just SPC, and can be ignored).
Hence the plaint on my 'PDP-11 Models' page:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/PDP-11_Models.html
"DO NOT just keep the boards, and discard the box, bulkhead panels, cables,
etc. Everyone does that, as a result of which we are now over-supplied with
boards - but the cables, boxes etc are now rare (un-obtainium in some cases
..) These are all now worth a lot more than the cards are!"
Noel
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