Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
> As far as the -10 is concerned, there would be several hundred (if not
> thousands) of modules
For the KL10, the main CPU cage contains a total of 47 extended hex
modules, of 30 unique types.
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/pdp-10/kl10d_modules.html
> and the backplane (for want of a better word) was a
> machine wrapped nest of identical (yellow) wires. I doubt that you could
> reliably follow a signal within a rack, let alone across the whole machine.
If you didn't have prints, it would be damned difficult. Fortunately
prints exist.
Tracking down a short in the backplane would be a nightmare, though.
Cheers,
Eric
Received on Wed Sep 23 1998 - 02:05:20 BST