KM-11 (was RE: help needed: problem with UNIBUS access on my PDP-11/70)

From: Tom Uban <uban_at_ubanproductions.com>
Date: Thu Jul 11 17:37:00 2002

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>Talking of the RK11-C, has anyone ever tried the lights panel for it? DEC
>made a 3U rack panel with 144 LEDs (!) on it. It could be connected to
>some of the older controllers (permanently, not just for diagnostics),
>and it displayed (normally) the state of all the programmer-accessible
>registers, and perhaps a few other signals. There are the right
>connectors for one on a RK11-C backplane. I have a couple of the panels,
>but the only bezels I have for them are labelled for the DX11.
>
>I am sure this thing is not particularly _useful_, but flashing lights
>are always fun...
>
>-tony

The RP03 controller which I used to maintain (years ago) had one of those light
panels on it... I've never seen one connected to an RK11-C though.

--tom
Received on Thu Jul 11 2002 - 17:37:00 BST