On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 13:41, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
> > > If you have an 8/E, I'm afraid an M8433 won't be any use to you,
> > > because it's an RL8A, which is a hex board, not a quad one. It's meant
> > > for a PDP-8/A.
> >
> > Uggg... so is there hope of any attainable mass storage for my 8E? Ideas?
>
> There are no easy solutions.
>
> If you have a RL02, then you need a 8/a chassis, cables to connect it to
> your 8/E chassis, the Hex interface board, then the cable that goes between
> the interface and first drive, and a drive terminator. Odds are you dont
> have most of those parts.
>
> If you have a 8/F or 8/M, it is possible to remove one of the case fans,
> and install the hex wide interface into the chassis. Then you just need
> the cable for the first drive and the drive terminator.
>
> Otherwise, You need a quad wide RK05 interface (definitely available, but
> probably expensive), the cable (usually not available, but possible to
> manufacture), a RK05? drive, and drive terminator. Plus you need special
> 16 sector DECpacks to use with the RK05.
The RK8E is a 3 board set that plugs into the Omnibus. There are a set
of cables that go from the RK8E to the drive. Taking an old BC11 cable
paddle and rigging it with connectors for the cables from the RK8E *may*
be the easiest path. The cables from the RK8E is two ribbon cables
(forget how many conductors right now). The drive terminator is nothing
more than a plain old M930 (Unibus terminator).
>
> Personally, I just bought a RK05j and when they get around to shipping it,
> I hope to finally have a chance of getting one of my 8/E's going with
> mass storage!...
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TTFN - Guy
Received on Fri Mar 28 2003 - 15:57:36 GMT