PDP-8 NEGIBUS Cables

From: Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
Date: Tue Dec 2 06:43:31 2003

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 02:10:36AM -0800, vrs wrote:
> At 11*2=22 boards/device, you are even
> talking quantities that make sense to send out to a board fabricator.

Indeed. If you were really being cheap, single-sided boards would cost
less, but I don't have any numbers to estimate how much cheaper they
would be. I have both coax and ribbon-cable negibus cables, and some
of the paddle cards are about the size of a G727 Unibus grant card.
Those would be somewhat cheap to make, especially at q25.
 
> BTW: Any market for DF32 emulators out there? I like mine, but I wondered
> if there was demand to get more made?

I'd love one, but I might have to convert my negibus -8/i to posibus to
use it. I suppose I could throw one on my 12K 8/L. I've always wanted
to have disk on it. How much harder would it be to make an RF08
emulator? :-)

-ethan

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