I have used Jorgs kit to get my 11/70 front panel running. There is NO NEED to split the cables - for manual circuit, nor is there in the new “cap” adaptor board.
I *THINK* Jorg has many cables and many panels and the split is a throwback to some earlier work that I saw photos of. My (wire wrapped, no using the new “cape”) is at http://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/DEC/1170/ <http://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/DEC/1170/> Flat 40 pins - no split. I have not had time to document the process of the old or new board. All I can say is that the kit turned a messy job into a fairly quick and easy one. I can strongly recommend the kit to anyone. It took me two nights with the circuit list and a wire-wrap tool to set up the board in the link above. Then an elasped day footering with the test software and scope checking signals etc. With the newer 11/70 add on board I would think it would be a painless evening of work. > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 13:45:19 -0500 (EST) > From: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu > Subject: Re: "Plug and Play" adapter for PDP-11/70 panel - BlinkenBone > update > Message-ID: <20190117184519.32c6918c...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> > >> From: Jorg Hoppe > >> Now you can painlessly plug a physical 11/70 panel > > So I'm curious about the flat cables to the -11/70 console, which have been > taken apart into individual conductors. I am wondering why? > > This doesn't seem to have been done because you needed to re-order them (they > turn back into flat cables before they go into the connectors - although > perhaps you cross-connected a pair of wires)? Easier access to individual > signals for debugging? > > Needless to say, if people who want to build one of these also have to do > this, I wouldn't exactly call it 'painless'! :-) > > Noel
