RK11-C (was Re: H960 logo panel)

[Paul Anderson]

I have two backplanes, some boards somewhere ,but no panels, at least yet.
Also a Diablo 30 or 31.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Henk Gooijen <henk.gooijen at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Henk Gooijen <henk.gooijen at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I'd love to get one complete RK11-C ... anybody?  :-)
> >
> > I have an RK11-C but it did not come with a panel.
> >
> > Now you know where you can leave it behind for a good old retirement :-)
>
>
> > You don't happen to get that RK11-C from an eBay auction some 8 - 9,
> > maybe 10 years ago?
>
> I did not.  I've had it since August, 1984, and I got it from Software
> Results shortly before starting to work there.  It (along with a
> stripped PDP-8/a and a DataSystems 310 desk) came with a pair of RK05
> drives: one RK05J and one RK05F (but no power supply) that I wanted to
> use with the PDP-8.  I'm told the whole pile came from Ohio State
> Surplus sometime in 1983 or so.
>
> Sadly, I mangled the RK05F due to youth and inexperience.  I might
> still have the front cover for that RK05F in a box of parts, but I'm
> pretty sure the rest of the drive got stripped for parts 30 years ago
> to repair RK05J drives (if I knew then what I know now, I assure you
> that events would have unfolded differently, but I had no docs and no
> experience... then I had a series of "educational experiences" with
> this hardware and am wiser now).  I only ever saw one other RK05F in
> the wild, FWIW.
>
> > I remember (just) one RK11-C passing by on eBay, and that was when I
> > still worked at Océ training centre, so at least 8 years ago. It sold for
> > ~ $50 (IIRC).  Will never forget that I let that one go!  :-(
>
> That's an amazing price just for the pile of FLIPCHIPs.
>
> -ethan
>