Thanks. There are 2 backplanes at 90 degrees of each other installed in the cabinet. 2 separate power supplies. I still need to inventory the cards and look up what they are configured to do. I have cables. Just getting started.
Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On Sep 5, 2015 9:52 PM, "Jay Jaeger" <cu...@charter.net> wrote: > On 9/5/2015 10:40 AM, william degnan wrote: > > > Ok. I checked my tu10, it has the backplane, it is a master. I see > where > > it connects using the backplane cable to the pdp11. I never worked with > a > > TU10 before and I was looking to see if references to the tm11 were > > "module/card" or backplane interface. I surprisingly found little > > commentary or threads about the TU10 / TM11, other than DEC docs. I > guess > > these are not super common or people who have them have not often reached > > out to the classic cmp community, that I could find in a search. > > > > Bill Degnan > > twitter: billdeg > > vintagecomputer.net > > On Sep 5, 2015 3:37 AM, "Eric Smith" <space...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Just to be clear, a TU10, even a master, does NOT connect directly to a > PDP-11. Instead, a cable of the same general ilk as a BC11 UNIBUS Cable > (but I have not verified it is in fact the same kind of cable) connects > the drive to the TM11 controller. > > The TM11 connects to the PDP-11 UNIBUS. > > The TU10 master drive backplane has some "G" cards in it. The TM11, > mounted separately, does NOT have any "G" cards in it. > > JRJ >