Acquired a PDP11/44, but missing M7095

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:29:01 2002

>From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk
>
>> Jesus H Kraist!!!!! Zane, you need to stick with shit you know
about,
>> and leave the electrical advice to folks who understand the difference
>> between voltage and current.
>>
>>
>> DO NOT plug your 120v PDP11 into a 220V Dryer Outlet!!!!!
>>
>> DO NOT plug your 120v PDP11 into a 220V Dryer Outlet!!!!!
>
>I will agree with that, _but_
>
>(1), IIRC the 11/44 has a handy switch on/in the PSU to select between
>115V and 230V input. It would be easy to flip that.
>
>(2) I was under the impression that US dryers, while using 230V for the
>heating elements, used 115V for the timer. And that US domestic mains was
>a centre-tapped (The tap being called 'neutral') 230V supply.
>
>In which case, if there's a neutral feed to the dryer socket which can
>carry the same current (20A) as the 2 live feeds (one from each side of
>the mains), then you could run the 11/44 between one live feed and
>neutral. This probably breaks code in a dozen places, but....
>

Hi
 My drier has a three pin plug, Two hots and one ground,
No Neutral!
 I would assume that if anyhting ran on 115, it would be
through a transformer but I think the time is 230V as
well.
Dwight
Received on Wed Dec 11 2002 - 18:29:01 GMT