> A TC08 on
an omnibus card would be useful too.
Nah, you just need yet more Posibus and Data
Break cards for your
Omnibus machines :-).
8E cabling is horrible. I helped maintain a large TSS/8 configuration
(RK8E,TC08,RF08,PC08, lots of 8655's in an expander box) and a similar
OS/8
system w/o the expander box, and those heavy shielded BC08s made working
on
the CPU a nightmare. As you are aware, there is neither cable strain
relief
nor card guides in those machines. It wasn't uncommon to see an Omnibus
card
bent 1/4" back because of the cable strain.
Sure. But, unless you left off the lights or something, the TC08 would need
approximately as many cables as the Posibus+Data Break. Since the Posibus
can be shared with other peripherals, it would probably be a wash.
Of course, if you skip the TC08 console, you are completely correct :-).
Vince