>Who was the nut who mounted the CPU units near your ankles? Looks like
>you're suposed to lie on your belly in order to read the displays and
>toggle the switches!
Well, the lowest of the machines (the pdp-8/e and pdp-8/f) were
actually not even configured for operation... they were simply
stuck in the racks, taking up space. The 8/f now has a home with
Allison, so there is empty space in the 11/34 rack... which I will
probably fill with an RL01 (or RL02 if I can find one).
The pdp-8/a, which doesn't have any blinkenlights, was the actual
operating machine for the person who owned it before... its
backplane can handle a hex board, which was required for the RL8
controller, apparently.
The 8/e is currently out of the rack as I figure out what I'm going
to do next...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Mon Mar 29 1999 - 11:34:56 BST