>Bill Degnan mbilldeg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Is there a 3D print gcode for the hardware that connects a PDP8a front
>panel to the chassis?
Assuming you're talking about the KC8-A (the panel with the push buttons and
7 segment displays) then I think there were at least two versions. The older
version was pressed onto those plastic ball things that all DEC "pop panels"
used. That didn't work very well, because those plastic pop panel mounts are
super easy to break.
There was a later version that mounted with two metal brackets. The brackets
screwed to the rack rails and were bent to conform to the inside contour of the
KC8. There's a setscrew in each bracket that attached it to the KC8, and
there's a small hole drilled in the bottom of both sides of the KC8 so you
could access the screw from the outside.
Annoyingly the PDP-11/04 and 34, which had a panel that was mechanically
nearly identical, used an entirely differently mounting scheme, so there's no
help there.
I've never seen one of these brackets nor a mechanical drawing for one, but
if you find out anything please let me know. I have an 8/A in the garage with
the front panel held on by wire ties ('cause I don't have anything better!).
Bob
