Collecting PCs

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed May 19 15:03:35 1999

--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> {\gloating I have a set of extender boards, which means that I can
> trivially probe points in the 8/e CPU...}

I have a couple of extender boards; not enough to do more than one or
two OMNIBUS modules at a time. At least I have a couple of dual-height
boards for the FLIP-CHIP boxes, too.

> Anyway, even without extenders it's not too bad. Remember that you can
> start without the EAE cards.

But I _always_ start without the EAE. Never had one to play with. :-(

> That means the CPU is one single card (M8330 timing) and a pair of cards
>(M8300 and M8310) strapped together. They can go _anywhere_ in the omnibus,

I hadn't really thought of that. My box is not so crowded that I can't make
the extra room. It's a CPU, two 4K stacks, a SLU and a TD8E (and sometimes
an RX8E). This is with two backplanes! I can only imagine that somewhere,
someone got some goodies.

> RIght. The RL8A won't go in an 8/e box, although electrically it should
> work.

It should (never tried), but for short-term use, a quad extender should
do the trick.

> The RK8E does, of course....

Never had one of those either. I have a 16-sector F pack that I got in 1984
and have not had the equipment to read. I'd love to know what's on it.

-ethan

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