decserver 550 in Kansas City

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Feb 27 09:59:00 2003

--- "Fred N. van Kempen" <waltje_at_pdp11.nl> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, McFadden, Mike wrote:
>
> > Wandering through the local surplus I found a decserver 550 in a full
> > height rack.

Sweet.

> > I read somewhere that it could be converted to a 11/53 with a minimal
> > effort. How much trouble?
> Rip out the CXA's (16-port serial boards), add a disk and/or tape
> controller, and perhaps some memory.

Won't you need "real" 11/53 Boot Roms? I got a KDJ-11 board from
Jonathan Engdahl a while back that he had returned to "normal"
status. ISTR there might be a jumper or two that needs to be moved,
but I'm not certain; I didn't mod it.

Nice find. Wish I could grab one like that.

-ethan
Received on Thu Feb 27 2003 - 09:59:00 GMT