RE: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-12-02 Thread W2HX
Topic Posts Subject: Re: PDP-8e power switch key? Hi, On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:35:31PM -0800, W2HX wrote: > Hi folks, > > What are people doing for keys for the 8e? Is there a standard key used for > all of them? Or do I need to have one made with some specific serial number >

Re: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-12-01 Thread Marc Howard
A long, long time ago (1978, 79?) when I had a straight 8 and our group had a new VAX 11/780 I verified that the same key works on both machines. On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Mark G Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:35:31PM -0800, W2HX wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > What are pe

Re: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-12-01 Thread Mark G Thomas
Hi, On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:35:31PM -0800, W2HX wrote: > Hi folks, > > What are people doing for keys for the 8e? Is there a standard key used for > all of them? Or do I need to have one made with some specific serial number > of my key lock? I did some googling of this issue but wasn't abl

Re: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-12-01 Thread william degnan
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, W2HX wrote: > >> Thanks to everyone for the response on keys. I am sorry I don’t know how >> I missed all the collected information here on this subject. My apologies. >> I now have all the information I need on this subject

RE: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-12-01 Thread Fred Cisin
On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, W2HX wrote: Thanks to everyone for the response on keys. I am sorry I don’t know how I missed all the collected information here on this subject. My apologies. I now have all the information I need on this subject! Thanks everyone. If you can, you should remove the lock an

RE: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-12-01 Thread W2HX
-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 12:07 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: PDP-8e power switch key? On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:35 PM, W2HX wrote: > Hi folks, > > What are people doing for keys for the 8e?

Re: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-11-30 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "jim stephens" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 12:17 AM Subject: Re: PDP-8e power switch key? > > > On 11/30/2016 8:35 PM, W2HX wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >

Re: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-11-30 Thread jim stephens
On 11/30/2016 8:35 PM, W2HX wrote: Hi folks, What are people doing for keys for the 8e? Is there a standard key used for all of them? Or do I need to have one made with some specific serial number of my key lock? I did some googling of this issue but wasn't able to get info. Thanks Eugene

Re: PDP-8e power switch key?

2016-11-30 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:35 PM, W2HX wrote: > Hi folks, > > What are people doing for keys for the 8e? I've been carrying a standard DEC key on my keyring since 1982... > Is there a standard key used for all of them? Nearly all (a custom key was an option - I have only ever seen *1* DEC machi