I have one Interprocessor Buffer (M8326). Of course just one won't help to connect my Lab-8/e and my PDP-8/e. :-(
On Thu, 31 Aug 2023, 12:49 am Mike Katz via cctalk, <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > DEC did make the Interprocessor Buffer (M8326) for the Ominibus. That > allowed for relatively high speed communications between machines. You > could also do some kind of serial network like Lantastic. I know some > company made an SDLC board set for the omnibus. > > On 8/30/2023 8:04 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > > >> On Aug 29, 2023, at 8:46 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> -BUT- That does not mean it *can't* be restored, only that $15,000 is > >>> ridiculous for a machine that clearly needs an expert with time and > money. > >>> b > >> True, it is a silly price. I was thinking about this on the forum: If > someone offers to buy one of my fully running 8/L's for 6k I'll put in an > offer on this one for 3k and restore it. The extra 3k will be used to buy > beer to help me forget about all of the little mouse ghosts I'm going to > find. :-) > >> > >> I'd offer 3k for it outright, but to be honest I can't have 3 pdp8/L's > AND an 8/e. At some point I'd have to wire them into some sort of nightmare > SMP pdp8.... > > Or DECnet/8, though I suspect an 8/L can't run that. > > > > paul > > > >
