<Do you have an opinion on how historically accurate is reasonable to
<attempt? By this I mean that the parity plane (all by itself on a 3/4
<empty PCB) has no damaged cores. If I move the sense/inhibit wires from
<its slot on the paddle boards, I can borrow them intact to act as one of
<the damaged bits, I can then disassemble the more damaged plane (or perhap
<the less damaged plane depending on where the damage is easier to get to)
<and only have to repair _one_ plane.
Your odds of success are much higher and it will be far less difficult.
<In short: more like the original - disassemble the parity plane, removing
<it from the stack, converting a 13-bit broken stack with 4 PCBs to a 12-bi
<working stack, or, disassemble a broken plane, swap the data wires from it
<to the parity plane, keeping all four PCBs inside the stack. The second
<solution seems to make more sense from an effort and safety standpoint, th
<first solution seems to me to be more "pure".
In the era, if it were not used for parity (that wasn't common) then plane
would then be considered "spare".
Since an 8L was maxed (it could be hacked larger) as a 8kw machine that
would be a nice box.
Allison
Received on Mon Apr 19 1999 - 17:59:47 BST