Wirin' up blinkenlights

From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net>
Date: Fri Jun 9 21:57:23 2000

On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Tony Duell wrote:
> A totally mad project that somewhere on the to-be-hacked pile is to
> modify the 8085 console system on an 11/44. Hang blickenlights and
> switches off that processor (which would mean hardware mods to the MFM
> card, but I have the prints...) and modify the console firmware to look
> at them, and to edit PDP11 memory, etc, from them. And to still use the
> serial port as the normal console terminal port.

That sounds like great fun; a PDP-11/44 to PDP-11/44t conversion
project! Does anyone know of any sources for some colorful, and
well-made, switches that would look like they belong on an older
computer's front panel?

For the blinkenlights, my least favorite choice is LEDs; does anyone
have a reason for a preference of Ne2 bulbs over incandescent bulbs or
vice versa? Front panel analog meters for monitoring the PSU voltage
levels would be useful as well.

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R. D. Davis                  
rdd_at_perqlogic.com            
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd 
410-744-4900                 
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