Does anyone actually have a KT11-B?

[Noel Chiappa]

So, does anyone out there actually have a KT11-B? I ask because I have just
realized that the "KT11-B" sold on eBay:

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/201624309371

was not, in fact, a KT11-B! If you look closely at the pictures of the unit
in the back of the cabinet:

  http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7sYAAOSwGtNXiUAM/s-l1600.jpg
  https://i.sli.mg/zvOSH1.jpg
  https://i.sli.mg/6fWvkw.jpg

although it has the quad-high backplane of the general type used by the
KT11-B, the Flip Chips plugged in are completely not those given in the Flip
Chip chart for the KT11-B: 

  http://gunkies.org/wiki/KT11-B_Technical_Manual#Module_Locations

Rather, the ones shown in the images show it to be (mostly) an RK11-C. Cool,
but nowhere near as cool as a KT11-B. (On a cool scale of 10, I rank the
RK11-C as a 6, a TC11 as an 8, and a KT11-B as a 23.)

I say "mostly" because there appear to be extra cards on the right hand end;
whether those are some sort of upgrade to the RK11-C, or whether someone just
stored spare Flip Chips out there, I have no idea.

Noel

Re: Is anyone making replacement clear labels for DEC gear?

[Arno Kletzander]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:29:06 -0400, Paul Koning  wrote:
> There are inkjet printers that support white ink (or pigment). Those are 
> probably professional type machines, so they are likely to cost over $1000. 
> Possibly you can find a service bureau that will do the job. I think I've 
> seem them described as machines for making labels (to put onto bottles and 
> boxes etc.). Epson makes them if I remember right, and there are likely to be 
> others.

We have a couple @work to put datecodes, tracability numbers etc. on PCB 
assemblies, but they're probably more commonly used to print e.g. freshness 
dates directly onto cans, bottles etc. Ours are made by Markem Imaje in France, 
they can also do logos, 1D and 2D codes, and I _think_ there are white inks for 
them as well. They are also intended for integration into some machine or 
process as they depend on the material moving by and sensing its speed by an 
encoder. Ink droplets are continuously produced from a single nozzle and 
electrostatically deflected in 2 axes, either into a gutter inside the print 
head or out through the aperture and onto the medium. Using such to print onto 
clear adhesive label stock might be a start, but the resolution is 
hmmm...limited.

So long,
Arno