PDP-11 ID page, a few images needed

Noel Chiappa jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Thu Jan 24 10:44:27 CST 2019


    > From: Paul Koning

    >> Also, I still need images of a few things: -11/60 and -11/94 front
    >> consoles, the original LSI-11 card, the KDJ11-E, and most of the DEC
    >> QBUS boxes. (Yeah, I could try looking for free images

    > Google "pdp11/60" turns up some good pictures, one showing the console
    > panel closeup is from a UK computer museum.

Which one - 'computermuseum.org.uk'? Many of the pictures I saw online were
on pages with copyright notices. I was actually hoping someone who _has_ one
the the things I listed would take a picture and send it to me.

    > It seems like a problem caused by taking the photo with flash; lit by
    > ambient light it would probably look better.

They are in low-light locations; without flash it's a long exposure and I get
blurring because my hand isn't steady enough. And I don't feel like moving
them, or re-doing the lighting - too many higher priority things to do. 

    > A variant of the LSI-11 is the H-11 sold by Heathkit. .. it would be
    > worth mentioning.

I've seen some go by on eBait, so I have an idea of the value, but I
couldn't get enthusiastic about listing them.

    > Do you want to show the PRO system boards? And maybe the I/O boards?

Again, not enthusiastic enough to put in the work...

    > In the discussion of boards, you might mention that "FLIP CHIP" often
    > appears ... And there will be a "digital" logo, the 7-box kind.

OK, I will add that.

    > (on older boards?All boards? Many boards regardless of age?)

It's spotty, and seems to die out later on. The -11/40 boards have it, but
for the -11/45 and -11/70, some do, and some don't. None of the KDF11 or
KDJ11 QBUS CPU boards do.

    > The "Miscellaneous Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11 Information"
    > link lands me on a "Forbidden" error page.

Ooops. Fixed. Thanks.


    > Zane Healy

    > Don't forget the quad-height /73 board, it's much nicer than the
    > dual-height boards.

That's the KDJ11-B, no? That's there.

    > Is a /44 really worth that much now?!?!  

Hey, one just went for more than that: eBait #183624991924, $3K! Admittedly,
that one was loaded, but the page does say "a number of factors will cause
them to vary considerably from the numbers given here ... Exactly which
peripherals and memory are included".

But I did adjust the number a bit - the boards are going for about $50 each,
and add in a BA11-A, it's probably $700 for a bare machine. Actually, I
really need to check all the numbers.

But I think I'd rather get the QBUS boxes sorted out first; I pretty much
only know the BA11's. If someone could tell me what later boxes to list,
above the BA23, (which I also need an image of), that would be very helpful.

	Noel


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