2 Dec
2000
2 Dec
'00
3 p.m.
I recently got another PDP-11/34 (partly because it was local, but
mostly for the three RL01 drives it came with). It is working perfectly,
and I get the console emulator prompt on the terminal. What should I do
before I fire up the RL01 drives? I have a lot of RL01 packs including
RSX-11M. Needless to say, I haven't put them in the drive yet.
Thanks,
Owen
2 Dec
2 Dec
5:34 p.m.
I recently got another PDP-11/34 (partly because it was
local, but
mostly for the three RL01 drives it came with). It is working perfectly,
and I get the console emulator prompt on the terminal. What should I do
before I fire up the RL01 drives? I have a lot of RL01 packs including
RSX-11M. Needless to say, I haven't put them in the drive yet.
Thanks,
Owen
How clean are they inside? The first two RL02 drives I got were so bad I
had to do major cleaning including carefully cleaning the disk heads. I
cleaned the inside with a damp lint-free cloth, and the heads with
Radio-Shack tape head cleaner and swabs (a personal favorite for TK50
drives, BTW).
It's been long enough since I've messed with any of my RL0x drives that I
can't remember if there are filters to check. Then try powering them on
without packs in them. Then with packs you don't care about (or I should
say as much about).
Zane
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9:12 p.m.
I powered one up to look inside (I couldn't get it open without turning it
on) and it had a pack inside it. It looks brand new inside. Should I go for
broke and try booting from the RSX-11M pack? Also -- what is the procedure
for booting from it?
Thanks,
Owen
10:05 p.m.
New subject: Old Capacitors
One of the things I have managed to "collect" are a number of the older
capacitors used as filters in early linear power supplies. I tend to just
toss any that have dents in them, but does anyone have a use for these
things? Also for the ones that I am tossing, do they have any recycle value?
These are ones that are from perhaps 1" to 3" in diameter and probably 4"
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6" tall with the ratings at XX,000 MFD at < 25VDC or so.
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