Sigh. Bringing up a PDP-8/M

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Tue Apr 13 03:52:28 1999

>Dontcha just hate it when this happens? Here I am happily working away on
>an 8/E chassis with boards scavenged far and wide to get it up and running.
>In the course of which I'm using boards out of my 8/M that works find to
>replace questionable boards to reduce the number of variables in the
>equation. So the 8/E (with an 8/F front panel) is all up and running with
>my hodge podge of boards and I reassemble the 8/M, turn it on and the 'RUN'
>LED is stuck on. No response from the front panel halt switch state.

Hey, DEC field service lives on. ;)

Sorry to our former or current DECy Techies, but I am reminded of the old joke:

How long does it take a DEC field service person to change a flat tire?

Depends on how many flat tires they brought with them.
Received on Tue Apr 13 1999 - 03:52:28 BST