On 2019-01-17 13:45, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> So I'm curious about the flat cables to the -11/70 console, which have been
> taken apart into individual conductors. I am wondering why?
I do/did it a lot, if you have to get around a corner, and they bend
easier. I saw DEC SCSI cables being
> From: Jorg Hoppe
> Now you can painlessly plug a physical 11/70 panel
So I'm curious about the flat cables to the -11/70 console, which have been
taken apart into individual conductors. I am wondering why?
This doesn't seem to have been done because you needed to re-order them (they
tu
e) and its switch register board so anyone could print it off and have an
accurate full-scale replica (C&K switch paddles done already).
Steve.
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Subject: "Plug and Play" adapter for PDP-11/70 panel - BlinkenB
There's a new adapter board for the BlinkenBone system.
Now you can painlessly plug a physical 11/70 panel to the extended SimH
running on a BeagleBone.
See
http://www.retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone/physical-pdp-11-70-panels/288-pdp-11-70-console-panel-on-blinkenbone-plug-and-play-adapter
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