ISO: PDP-11/05 top cover

[steven at malikoff.com]

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Subject: Re: ISO: PDP-11/05 top cover
From:    "Josh Dersch" <derschjo at gmail.com>
Date:    Thu, November 5, 2015 3:25 pm
To:      "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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> On 11/4/15 9:05 PM, steven at malikoff.com wrote:
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>> Subject: ISO: PDP-11/05 top cover
>> From:    "Josh Dersch" <derschjo at gmail.com>
>> Date:    Thu, November 5, 2015 2:48 pm
>> To:      "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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>>
>>> Subject line says it all -- I'm looking for the top/side cover for the
>>> "slim" PDP-11/05.  Probably not infeasible to build one, but I figured
>>> I'd ask around first.
>>>
>>> Got lucky on a cheap 8KW core plane (H214) on eBay to replace the
>>> damaged one the /05 came with (which we had a discussion about last
>>> year), and everything seems to be working fine other than a completely
>>> dead Boxer fan (a replacement is on the way), I'd like to find the top
>>> cover to help with air flow/cooling.  And so I can put things on top of
>>> it :).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Josh
>>>
>>>
>> If you can't find them, here's a CAD drawing I did for the panels you need:
>> http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?43897-PDP-11-05-top-and-side-panels-drawing
>>
>> I have not yet found the exact style of Dzus fastener for it yet, but eBay and suppliers have
>> similar ones.
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>>
>
> Very cool, thanks!
>
> - osh
>

No worries. I forgot to mention that, as far as I know, the slimline 3RU (5-1/4") PDP-11/05
case (and LPS-11) was known as the H909-BA enclosure. The H909-BA came with the H755 power supply
and BC05 power control unit as available from DEC, and the H909-A was the same but without the
power supply.

Steve.