On 10/30/2015 8:07 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: > 2015-10-30 13:54 GMT+01:00 Jay Jaeger <cu...@charter.net>: > >> No, not looking for a reproduction. Just posted it in case it would help >> folks with a possible RK11-C display panel concept. >> > > Interesting. We also have a RF08 / RS08 combo. It came with two PDP-8/L > machines. I am not sure if both PDP-8/L CPUs were connected to the RF08 > simultaneously or how it was connected once upon a time since all cabling > has been removed prior to us getting to it. The front panel look exactly > the same. The drive and controller sits in a full height cabinet with the > drive in the middle and the controller at the top.
That matches the arrangement in the document I referred to. I doubt very much that they would have both been connected. Presumably just one of them. The manual I had might give you some clues - according to the manual it is compatible with an PDP-8/I, PDP-8/L, LINC-8 and PDP-12. So it is probably just a matter of connecting it to the 8/L on the bus properly and making sure the bus is properly terminated. See Figure 2-5 in the doc, and compare the signals with the 8/L bus connectors, I suppose. > > What is the plan with your RF08/ RS08? Is it possible to get it complete or > is just parts? The RS08 seems to be a DF32 on steroids. The question is if > it would be possible to have our unit working some day? Anyone tried to get > these things to run? > I would think you could probably get yours working - if the platter and heads are OK. When I was younger and more foolish, I didn't realize that I had basically the entire thing. So I disassembled the drive itself. ( 8P Stoooopid mistake, I know). I still have the platter, motor, shock mounts etc., but I don't think I have the housing cover or the base plate - though I haven't gone and looked for them. I think I have all of the electronics, power supplies, some of the heads (but probably not all of them). So, I don't have any hope of getting mine running. I would be happy to part with it at a reasonable price, but am not really interested in shipping them - it would be a very time consuming endeavor for me, and likely very expensive for any buyer to ship the pieces. JRJ
