Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-23 Thread COURYHOUSE
now, there is a 11/23 I could love! ---Ed# In a message dated 6/22/2016 9:44:20 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, glen.sl...@gmail.com writes: BACKPLANE", > so the operation is not so mysterious. I had never seen a hex-wide Q-bus > backplane before this. > > There are some pictures of the s

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-22 Thread Glen Slick
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > > I looked at the backplane pictures that I took after the rescue. I assumed > that the hex-wide 8-slot backplane in the front of the card cage was the > original 11/40 processor backplane. On the back it says "LSI 11 BACKPLANE", > so the

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-22 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > I looked at the backplane pictures that I took after the rescue. I assumed > that the hex-wide 8-slot backplane in the front of the card cage was the > original 11/40 processor backplane. On the back it says "LSI 11 BACKPLANE", > so the op

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-22 Thread Michael Thompson
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Michael Thompson < michael.99.thomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > The RICM just picked up a PDP-11/40 chassis that was modified to accept a > PDP-11/23 board set. It also contains a custom board to interface the > PDP-11/23 to the original PDP-11/40 front panel. It is qui

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-21 Thread Glen Slick
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > The RICM just picked up a PDP-11/40 chassis that was modified to accept a > PDP-11/23 board set. It also contains a custom board to interface the > PDP-11/23 to the original PDP-11/40 front panel. It is quite an > accomplishment to get the

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-21 Thread Mike Ross
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > The RICM just picked up a PDP-11/40 chassis that was modified to accept a > PDP-11/23 board set. It also contains a custom board to interface the > PDP-11/23 to the original PDP-11/40 front panel. It is quite an > accomplishment to get the

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-21 Thread Josh Dersch
On 6/21/16 6:05 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: The RICM just picked up a PDP-11/40 chassis that was modified to accept a PDP-11/23 board set. It also contains a custom board to interface the PDP-11/23 to the original PDP-11/40 front panel. It is quite an accomplishment to get the Q-Bus board set wor

Re: PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-21 Thread Paul Anderson
I'm guessing the Qniverter. On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > On 6/21/16 6:05 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > >> The RICM just picked up a PDP-11/40 chassis that was modified to accept a >> PDP-11/23 board set. It also contains a custom board to interface the >> PDP-11/23 to th

PDP-11/40 modified to be a PDP-11/23

2016-06-21 Thread Michael Thompson
The RICM just picked up a PDP-11/40 chassis that was modified to accept a PDP-11/23 board set. It also contains a custom board to interface the PDP-11/23 to the original PDP-11/40 front panel. It is quite an accomplishment to get the Q-Bus board set working in the Unibus chassis. -- Michael Thomp