Re: KE11-A craze (Was: Current MANX location)
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 2:34 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > >> Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars > >> on recent eBay KE11-A component board listings, e.g.: > >> > >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/372685033144 > > Must be two such people, though - I was neither of the top two bidders. > Odd for there to be so much interest in them. I have not tried testing mine and I was not one of the bidders. They are so uncommon that I never expected the boards to come up for auction so I haven't been looking for them. I have a long way to go before I'm likely to even take a stab at them - like probably not this year. The goal is to get a working KA11 by 2022 though. I am still clearing the queue to make the KA11 a focus for 2020 or 2021. -ethan
Re: KE11-A craze (Was: Current MANX location)
> From: Ethan Dicks >> Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars >> on recent eBay KE11-A component board listings, e.g.: >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/372685033144 > Perhaps someone has a broken KE11-A Must be two such people, though - I was neither of the top two bidders. Odd for there to be so much interest in them. Noel
Re: KE11-A craze (Was: Current MANX location)
I was one of the bidders. I have a KE11 backplane and it is populated. I just wanted some spare boards. You don't see these boards that often. I am hoping that a backplane would appear too. The seller seems to have some early pdp11 backplanes. Paul >> KE11-A Field Maintenance Print Set > http://manx-docs.org/details.php/1,9358 >Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars on >recent eBay >KE11-A >component board listings, e.g.: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372685033144 > AFAIK, the boards (a complete set is an M7210, M7211, M827, and two M234's) > are pretty useless > > without the custom backplane, so do some people have > such, or do they not know they need the > > backplane, or what?
Re: KE11-A craze (Was: Current MANX location)
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:26 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > KE11-A Field Maintenance Print Set > > http://manx-docs.org/details.php/1,9358 > > Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars on > recent eBay KE11-A component board listings, e.g.: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/372685033144 No idea. I have those boards in my box of KA11 boards and since they arrived together, I expect I have the right backplane in my BA11-C, but I am also surprised to see such interest in just the boards. Perhaps someone has a broken KE11-A and doesn't want to/is unsure how to do component-level repair. -ethan
KE11-A craze (Was: Current MANX location)
> KE11-A Field Maintenance Print Set > http://manx-docs.org/details.php/1,9358 Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars on recent eBay KE11-A component board listings, e.g.: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372685033144 AFAIK, the boards (a complete set is an M7210, M7211, M827, and two M234's) are pretty useless without the custom backplane, so do some people have such, or do they not know they need the backplane, or what? I do have a couple of BB11's (they came in an old custom interface I bought), and the KE11-A FMPS includes the backplane wiring, so if I were interested enough to devote the time to wiring a replacement backplane, I could probably get one running, but they aren't _that_ interesting... Noel
