On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> wrote:
> > > On 2/8/16 10:09 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: > >> So, things are moving forward. I also wanted to get folk's opinion on >> the need to actually produce >> an SBC form factor board. In other words (and sort of in line with how >> peripherals were done on the >> original 11/20) is it OK to have the MEM11 be outside of the 11/20 >> chassis and connect via BC11A >> (my replica) cables? >> >> >> main problem would be now you'll have to come up with a box and a power > supply > > I assume you meant SPC (quad unibus) and not SBC > > > I'm envisioning a 1U enclosure connecting to the 11/20 by BC11A, as you suggest. The device could have its own PSU to avoid the risk of overloading the 11/20's supply, and fit in a standard rack if desired. Make it so! :-) -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."