Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-09 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:26 PM Rob Jarratt wrote: > > Hello Tony, > > > The power bricks draw very little current with no load on the output and > > 2.5A > > would be fine to power one up. > > > Are you saying that I can test them with no load? I thought they would need > some load? I'm

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-09 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
Hello Tony, > The power bricks draw very little current with no load on the output and 2.5A > would be fine to power one up. Are you saying that I can test them with no load? I thought they would need some load? > > Most, if not all, of the power bricks start by rectifying and smoothing

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 9:58 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > > I have a variac rated at 2.5A. I am not quite sure whether that would be > > sufficient to test the bricks individually. Otherwise, I guess one of these > > would do the trick https://cpc.farnell.com/block/steu250-48/transformer- >

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On 12/08/2021 5:14 PM Rob Jarratt wrote: > > > The problem is that it isn't marked with a wattage, just a current, which > left me wondering at what voltage. Although Will Cooke's response seems to be > that the voltage doesn't matter, so at 240VAC it would be 600W. Can that be > right?

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
? -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Mike Katz via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 5:58 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts ; wrco...@wrcooke.net Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards More accurately up to it's rated wattage "Power = Voltage * Current"

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Mike Katz via > cctalk > Sent: 08 December 2021 22:58 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > ; wrco...@wrcooke.net > Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards > > More accurately up to it's rated wattage

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
l Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts ; > wrco...@wrcooke.net > Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards > > More accurately up to it's rated wattage "Power = Voltage * Current" > after all. > > If you have a 100W max variac you can draw 20A @ 5V (approx) but only 1A at

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread pbirkel--- via cctalk
and Off-Topic Posts ; wrco...@wrcooke.net Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards More accurately up to it's rated wattage "Power = Voltage * Current" after all. If you have a 100W max variac you can draw 20A @ 5V (approx) but only 1A at 100V. On 12/8/2021 4:44 PM, Mike Katz via cc

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
More accurately up to it's rated wattage "Power = Voltage * Current" after all. If you have a 100W max variac you can draw 20A @ 5V (approx) but only 1A at 100V. On 12/8/2021 4:44 PM, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: "As a general rule, a variable transformer (Variac) can provide full rated

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
"As a general rule, a variable transformer (Variac) can provide full rated current at any output voltage. So a 2.5A unit can provide 2.5 A at 1V, 10V, 120V, etc. With a 20V output, that is 50 VA (Watts, sort of)." Up to the current rating of the variac.  When you draw more current than the

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On 12/08/2021 3:58 PM Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > So, to supply the bricks on the bench, would a variac rated at 2.5A be OK? I > am not sure I know how much current the bricks will draw at 20VAC, and at > what voltage the 2.5A rating is given. Otherwise, would this do the trick? >

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-08 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger > > via cctalk > > Sent: 05 December 2021 14:51 > > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > > Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards > > > > On 12/5/2021 3:37 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-05 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Dec 5, 2021, at 1:37 AM, Rob Jarratt wrote: > I don't see the Kunkin unit for sale except for a couple of items on ebay > from China. I am really reluctant to buy anything at all from China. I > couldn't find a manufacturer site for them, and I was wondering if there are > alternatives

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-05 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On 12/5/2021 3:37 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for the tips. The transformer that drives the bricks is a real beast. > Did you find an alternative more convenient way to power them on the bench? No, I just used the big transformer, since I needed to bench and disassemble the

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-05 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger via > cctalk > Sent: 05 December 2021 14:51 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards > > On 12/5/2021 3:37 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > > > Thanks for the tips. The t

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-05 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 12/5/2021 3:37 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: Thanks for the tips. The transformer that drives the bricks is a real beast. Did you find an alternative more convenient way to power them on the bench? From the schematics, some of them seem to want 20-30 VAC (some, like at least one of

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-05 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 12/4/2021 5:57 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote: What kind of load tester are you looking to buy? I have an 11/45 which I need to test the power supplies on too. Oh just one off of amazon, I expect. One could either get a nice one in a cabinet at all for around $280 - $350, depending upon

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-05 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
/rigol-dl3021-programmable-dc-electronic-load/ Thanks Rob > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Fritz Mueller via > cctalk > Sent: 05 December 2021 01:03 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards > > >

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-04 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 12/4/21 7:02 PM, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote: On Dec 4, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: What kind of load tester are you looking to buy? I have an 11/45 which I need to test the power supplies on too. My experience with an 11/45 (serial # 343) was that the

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-04 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Dec 4, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk > wrote: > What kind of load tester are you looking to buy? I have an 11/45 which I need > to test the power supplies on too. I picked up a Kunkin KP184 this last year, and it does nicely for testing those brick regulators and the power

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-04 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jay Jaeger via > cctalk > Sent: 04 December 2021 23:21 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards > > On 12/1/2021 11:55 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > > From the blog of

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-04 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 12/1/2021 11:55 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From the blog of someone who got a KB11-A working It's Fritz Mueller's blog; at about the top of this page: https://fritzm.github.io/category/pdp-116.html he's just turned the machine on for the first time, and you can follow as

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-01 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Guy Sotomayor > I don't unfortunately have any light masks Dave Bridgham and I were manoeuvreing to be able to produce clones of the one you loaned me (he has access to a computer-controlled milling machine at his maker-space or whatever the name is for them now, and we bought a

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-01 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From the blog of someone who got a KB11-A working It's Fritz Mueller's blog; at about the top of this page: https://fritzm.github.io/category/pdp-116.html he's just turned the machine on for the first time, and you can follow as he chases, finds and fixes CPU problems. The KB11-C/D of

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-01 Thread Scott LaBombard via cctalk
On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 04:24:37 PM EST, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: > > >Did you use that directly with ExpressPCB and order from ExpressPCB or >did you convert to more standard gerbers? I have a gerber archive for the km11x.pcb file. If anyone can host it where it might be more

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-01 Thread Todd Goodman via cctalk
On 11/30/2021 4:42 PM, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote: I built mine from a layout on Tom Uban’s site: http://www.ubanproductions.com/museum.html Did you use that directly with ExpressPCB and order from ExpressPCB or did you convert to more standard gerbers? I just went with ExpressPCB for

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 11/30/2021 6:31 PM, Paul Koning wrote: On Nov 30, 2021, at 7:17 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: ... The issue is (I think) that the ExpressPCB software can only be used to create files to order boards from them - or can it now export ordinary gerbers? (Otherwise, to go with another

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On Nov 30, 2021, at 7:17 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk > wrote: > The issue is (I think) that the ExpressPCB software can only be used to > create files to order boards from them > On Nov 30, 2021, at 4:31 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > You're right, they say so in the FAQ. And it

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 30, 2021, at 7:17 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > The issue is (I think) that the ExpressPCB software can only be used to > create files to order boards from them - or can it now export ordinary > gerbers? (Otherwise, to go with another fab. I presumably would

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 11/30/2021 3:52 PM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk wrote: Van: Fritz Mueller via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Verzonden: dinsdag 30 november 2021 22:43 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Onderwerp: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards I bui

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Henk Gooijen via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Verzonden: dinsdag 30 november 2021 22:52 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Onderwerp: RE: PDP-11/70 Boards Van: Fritz Mueller via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Fritz Mueller via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Verzonden: dinsdag 30 november 2021 22:43 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Onderwerp: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards > I built mine from a layout on Tom Uban’

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> I built mine from a layout on Tom Uban’s site: > http://www.ubanproductions.com/museum.html > Did you use that directly with ExpressPCB and order from ExpressPCB or did > you convert to more standard gerbers? I just went with ExpressPCB for minimal hassle, but you could probably get it

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 11/30/2021 2:04 PM, Fritz Mueller via cctalk wrote: On 11/30/21 10:06 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: From the blog of someone who got a KB11-A working, you'll really need KM11 cards... On Nov 30, 2021, at 10:59 AM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk wrote: I do still have KM11 boards and

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
> On 11/30/21 10:06 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From the blog of someone who got a KB11-A working, you'll really need KM11 > cards... > On Nov 30, 2021, at 10:59 AM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk > wrote: > I do still have KM11 boards and some overlays (I'd have to check to see if I > have

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
On 11/30/21 10:06 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: From the blog of someone who got a KB11-A working, you'll really need KM11 cards; dunno if Guy Steele still has those clones he was selling. I think you meant me.  Guy Steele is from Common LISP fame.  ;-) I do still have KM11 boards

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Ed C. via cctalk
Very helpful! Thank you On Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 19:06 Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Ed Cross > > > I'm currently restoring a PDP-11/70 system and need the following > > boards to complete the CPU: FP11-C > > From your mention of the FP11-C, I gather your -11/70 has a KB11-C (later) >

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-30 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Ed Cross > I'm currently restoring a PDP-11/70 system and need the following > boards to complete the CPU: FP11-C >From your mention of the FP11-C, I gather your -11/70 has a KB11-C (later) CPU, not the KB11-B CPU of the earlier PDP-11/70's (prior to 1976 - the difference

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 29, 2021, at 4:12 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 1:06 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 3:19 PM Henk Gooijen via cctalk >> wrote: >>> I think the FP11 boards are not essential for the 11/70 >>>

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-29 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 1:06 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 3:19 PM Henk Gooijen via cctalk > wrote: > > I think the FP11 boards are not essential for the 11/70 > > They only add hardware FP support. > > Not essential for many uses, but I'm

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-29 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 3:19 PM Henk Gooijen via cctalk wrote: > I think the FP11 boards are not essential for the 11/70 > They only add hardware FP support. Not essential for many uses, but I'm pretty sure UNIX is unhappy without them. If you are going to run RSTS/E or RT-11, should be just

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-29 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Jay Jaeger via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Verzonden: maandag 29 november 2021 21:05 Aan: cctalk@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> Onderwerp: Re: PDP-11/70 Boards On 11/29/2021 7:32 AM, Ed C. via cctalk wrote: > Dear list, I'm currently restoring a P

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-29 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 11/29/2021 7:32 AM, Ed C. via cctalk wrote: Dear list, I'm currently restoring a PDP-11/70 system and need the following boards to complete the CPU: FP11-C slots: M8127 M8128 M8129 Cache slots: M8142 M8143 M8144 M8145 Any help finding these is appreciated. Thanks. So, it turns out that

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-29 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 11/29/2021 7:32 AM, Ed C. via cctalk wrote: Dear list, I'm currently restoring a PDP-11/70 system and need the following boards to complete the CPU: FP11-C slots: M8127 M8128 M8129 Cache slots: M8142 M8143 M8144 M8145 Any help finding these is appreciated. Thanks. I presume you'd also

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-11-29 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 11/29/2021 7:32 AM, Ed C. via cctalk wrote: Dear list, I'm currently restoring a PDP-11/70 system and need the following boards to complete the CPU: FP11-C slots: M8127 M8128 M8129 Cache slots: M8142 M8143 M8144 M8145 Any help finding these is appreciated. Thanks. I have M8127, M8128,