>You mean you _don't_ have a pile of PDP11 power control cables to raid
>suitable plugs from ?
I do have cables, but I didn't want to canabalize any in order
to just make a loop. The looped wire did the trick anyway...
>Nice!. It's worth testing all the panel lamps (just load an address of
>all 1's, store data of all 1's to location 0, etc). A blown bulb can make
>debugging a program rather hard...
I plan on doing that at some point...
Yes, a blown bulb can make debugging VERY annoying...
>Try to get some 'plastic weld'. It's a solvent for the sort of plastic
>used on these panels, and you can weld the broken bit back in place. It's
>normally a very strong repair.
Thanks... I'll keep that in mind...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Sun Apr 11 1999 - 16:12:16 BST