value of RK05 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 May 2000

...
  First thing I
have to do is another 4k of core, the 4k I have is not
quite enough to work in.  The alternate is to make a RAM card
using 32kx8 parts. 
Ooh, two parts and you're done :-).  (Sorry, couldn't resist.  Of
course most of the cost is getting the gold-plated fingers on the PCB,
in my experience!) 

Not quite, you still need bus interface and buffering.  I havent looked at 
PDP-8 memory interface to see how and what.   I have one or two
PDP11 proto/ww cards that with careful cuts for power and ground will
work fine for omnibus.

The trick is doing battery backup so it also behaves something like 
core. ;)

Allison