On 10/11/2022 8:17 AM, Robert Armstrong via cctalk wrote:
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.
Those are the ones. The 3D printed parts are essentially triangular
blocks that mount to the rack and have a drilled and tapped hole for the
recessed Allen screw.
Vince
