Re: Single-height Qbus grant continuity PCB

2018-08-14 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
 wrote:
> > From: Tony Duell
>
> > I have here a little square board (the same size as the older Unibus
> > grant continuity card) with just 2 pairs of pins linked. ... Has anyone
> > come across that one before?
>
> No, that's a new one on me. I have seen off-brand single-height QBUS grant
> jumpers, but full length (no knuckle-busting); I have a number from MDB
> Systems.

I have something like it made by Compuserve - dual height but single
length - twice as big as a Unibus G727.

-ethan


Re: Single-height Qbus grant continuity PCB

2018-08-14 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Tony Duell

> I have here a little square board (the same size as the older Unibus
> grant continuity card) with just 2 pairs of pins linked. ... Has anyone
> come across that one before?

No, that's a new one on me. I have seen off-brand single-height QBUS grant
jumpers, but full length (no knuckle-busting); I have a number from MDB
Systems.

Noel


Re: Single-height Qbus grant continuity PCB

2018-08-14 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk
 wrote:
> On 14/08/2018 16:52, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
>
>> But I have here a little square board (the same size as the older
>> Unibus grant continuity card) with just 2 pairs of pins linked. In
>> the etch is a Digital logo (so I assume it's a real DEC product) and:
>>
>> LSI11 Grant Continuity G7272 5012564B Side 2
>>
>> Has anyone come across that one before?
>
>
> No, not seen one of those.  Not sure I want to, either: I like to keep the
> skin on my knuckles ;-)

I don't think that seeing it will scrape your hands...

Trying to get it in or out of a full backplane might.

-tony


Re: Single-height Qbus grant continuity PCB

2018-08-14 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk

On 14/08/2018 16:52, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:


But I have here a little square board (the same size as the older
Unibus grant continuity card) with just 2 pairs of pins linked. In
the etch is a Digital logo (so I assume it's a real DEC product) and:

LSI11 Grant Continuity G7272 5012564B Side 2

Has anyone come across that one before?


No, not seen one of those.  Not sure I want to, either: I like to keep 
the skin on my knuckles ;-)


--
Pete
Pete Turnbull


Re: Single-height Qbus grant continuity PCB

2018-08-14 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> But I have here a little square board (the same size as the older Unibus
> grant
> continuity card) with just 2 pairs of pins linked. In the etch is a
> Digital logo (so
> I assume it's a real DEC product) and :
>
> LSI11 Grant
> Continuity
> G7272
> 5012564B
> Side 2
>
> Has anyone come across that one before?
>

Yes. It's not as common as M9047, and not as convenient, but it works.
There's reportedly also an M9037, which I've never seen.