Odd VT100 question

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp494.monmouth.com>
Date: Fri Sep 28 08:12:10 2001

> At one point, I wanted to see how far I could push the envelope. I used
> a dual M8192, a DLV11-J, a quad 4 MByte memory card (a friend attached
> the extra wires to convert the 18 bit backplane to 22 bits), an RQD11-EC
> (quad ESDI hard drive controller) and a DHV11. In this case, the ESDI
> hard drives were attached to cables running out the back, as were the
> cabinet kits for the DHV11. Power is very limited to 16 amps on the
> 5 Volts for the VT103. Whenever I used and ESDI hard drive, I always
> used an external PC power supply for the power for the ESDI hard drive.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Jerome Fine

One guy in Sweden put a uVaxII in the VT100 with IIRC a DZV11.
I had the wire list for the backplane mods but I think I lost it.

Bill
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