VCF PNW 2018: Pictures!

[Zane Healy]

> On Feb 19, 2018, at 6:51 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: geneb
> 
>> they've got a DPS-8 maintenance/operator/? panel ... It's fully
>> operational and is connected via some magic hardware to a Raspberry Pi
>> running a Multics emulator.
> 
> Technically it's an H6180; the DPS-8 is a later generation of hardware in the
> same family. More here:
> 
>  http://www.chiappa.net/~jnc/tech/multics/MulticsPanels.html
> 
> Alas, as can be seen there, the DPS-8's don't have those wonderful panels
> with a zillion lights and switches; just boring modern machines! :-)
> 
> 	Noel

Really the H6180 looks a lot more like the DPS-8 I remember.  We had a single CPU Dev system, and a 4 CPU Production system running GCOS-8.  I thought I might have some drawings of the panels, but if I do they’re in the garage somewhere.  Another site, had a DPS-8000, our site was pretty old, and had been upgraded over time.  For example the memory cabinets were mostly empty, due to upgrades.

Zane