[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-15 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 8:07 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > 1. I have read that the card and the drives were compatible with the dec rx02 > drives. Why would the CRDS even bother to redesign a card where DEC had > perfectly good working ones? Anyone know if there is any value in keeping the >

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-14 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Thanks everyone! 73 Eugene W2HX My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos -Original Message- From: Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2024 12:37 AM To: Glen Slick via cctalk Cc: Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez Subject: [cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-14 Thread Christopher Zach via cctalk
W2HX My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos -Original Message- From: Glen Slick via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 7:44 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Glen Slick Subject: [cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it? On Wed, Apr 10

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 7:22 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: 1. I have read that the card and the drives were compatible with the dec rx02 drives. Why would the CRDS even bother to redesign a

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 7:22 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: > >> 1. I have read that the card and the drives were compatible with the > dec rx02 drives. Why would the CRDS even bother to redesign a card where > DEC had

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote: 1. I have read that the card and the drives were compatible with the dec rx02 drives. Why would the CRDS even bother to redesign a card where DEC had perfectly good working ones? Anyone know if there is any value in keeping the FC-202 or just keep with the

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 8:35 PM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > 1. I have read that the card and the drives were compatible with the dec > rx02 drives. Why would the CRDS even bother to redesign a card where DEC > had perfectly good working ones? Anyone know if

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
> 1. I have read that the card and the drives were compatible with the dec rx02 > drives. Why would the CRDS even bother to redesign a card where DEC had > perfectly good working ones? Anyone know if there is any value in keeping the > FC-202 or just keep with the DEC cards? A lot of the

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread W2HX via cctalk
-Original Message- From: Glen Slick via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 7:44 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Glen Slick Subject: [cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it? On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 4:14 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, I picked up this

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 4:14 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, I picked up this PDP-11 thing. Can anyone help me understand what > it is? > Pictures are here: > https://w2hx.com/?prefix=x/What-Is-It/PDP-11-Thing/ > > I could not find any designation on the backplane. It is a wire-wrappable >

[cctalk] Re: PDP-11 thingy. What is it?

2024-04-10 Thread Michael Thompson via cctalk
The backplane says that it is for a PDP-11/03 The chassis is missing the power supply. The M8189 is a PDP-11/23+ KDF11-B PDP-11 CPU The FC202 is a Charles River Data Floppy Diskette board https://shop-pdp.net/~stuff/Pictures/index.php?dslct=/CRDS_FC-202_Floppy_Disk_Controller=0=0=0 On Wed, Apr