On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 22:14, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 09:22:07PM -0700, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
> > It was 2550 lbs of stuff on 3 pallets stacked to 4'.
>
> Whee!
Yea, and I managed to get it all apart and stacked so I could get rid of
the blasted pallets in about 3 hours (and it was 90+ today in SJ)!
>
> Hmm... think it's possible to get two working 11/40s out of the pile, or
> does it look like one working 11/40 and a donor? It should be possible to
> cast some replica switch toggles, but it may or may not be worth it.
>
I have a few (spare) 11/40 front panels (no plexi) and many extra switch
covers so that's not a problem.
The abused 11/40's chassis is a bit "tweeked" but at first glance it
doesn't look irreprable. It is missing most (all?) of the CPU cards
though.
> > * BA11F expansion box full of cards (21")
> > * RK11D (2+)
> > * RK11C (2)
>
> Handy. Do either of the RK11Cs have the blinky-lights panel?
Sadly no, but I figure that should be (relatively) easy to replicate.
>
> > In going through one of the small boxes I found a very strange looking
> > cable. It had flip chip paddles on one end and centronics connectors
> > (2) on the other. The cable itself was twisted pair wire bunched
> > together. It took a few minutes to realize that this cable goes to
> > between a Fabritec memory expansion and an 8/I. This cable is
> > completely undocumented!!!
>
> Wow! I don't have a Fabritek memory box, but I do have an unexpanded
> -8/i. I'd seriously consider making a 1U memory enclosure with some
> battery-backed SRAM. Is there any chance you'd part with the cable?
Not a chance! :-)
I have a Fabritek memory box *and* and 8/i but until today didn't have
the cable. Oooo, now I can have an 8/i with 32K!!! Of course I also
have to get the 8/i working first, but hey details! :-)
One of the things that I will be doing in the not too distant future is
documenting the (wiring of the) cable so that others can make duplicates
if they so wish.
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TTFN - Guy
Received on Tue Apr 27 2004 - 02:20:21 BST