On Mon, 2020-10-19 at 20:20 -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > won't work. Maybe I'll just drag out the 11/05 and get that working > first, it's got a nice front panel that doesn't lock up often :-) > > The 11/05 was the first 11 that I repaired and got working. You should note that the 11/05's front panel is driven by the uCode of the CPU. It's connection to the CPU is through a "serial" protocol (it's been too long...I think it's just a big shift register) to keep the pin count (e.g. cost) low.
TTFN - Guy