William said > One the original PDP-8 ("Straight 8"), the front panel has two aluminum > strips on the sides, one on the left and one on the right. Each should have > a pair of flathead countersunk screws, likwly Phillips head. > > Can someone tell me the exact specs, basically thread, length, head, and > material of the screws?
I have no idea what the straight eight screws are, but for comparison the sort of screws in the PDP-11/05 are things like #6-32 x 1/2 phillips pan head, #10-32 x 5/16 phillips head truss, #8-32 x 3/8 phillips pan head nyloc, #2-56 x 1/2 phillips pan head, #4-40 x 3/8 phillips head flat. And so on it goes. I read somewhere DEC used a lot of stainless screws but that may not apply to all of them. Certainly the cheese head screws that the 11/15's 10-1/2" chassis pivots on are stainless, I checked that for curiosity's sake when I machined some special adapter washers to use with modern server slides. At any rate, you have that wondrous (but US only) fastener supplier's website to help you out. Steve.