Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA79679 for pups-liszt; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 06:01:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au) Received: from timaxp.trailing-edge.com (timaxp.trailing-edge.com [63.73.218.130]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA79675 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 06:01:25 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from SHOPPA@timaxp.trailing-edge.com) Received: by timaxp.trailing-edge.com for PUPS@MINNIE.CS.ADFA.EDU.AU; Wed, 31 May 2000 16:00:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:00:03 -0400 From: Tim Shoppa To: PUPS@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Message-Id: <000531160003.202005cb@trailing-edge.com> Subject: Re: What to look for in a PDP machine? Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk >The drive cabinet had a panel on it with: > > RDY 1 WP > RDY 0 WP > HALT RESTART > DCOK RUN > >buttons on it. That seems DECish. It sounds like a BA23, the DEC standard 8-slot Q-bus chassis. >Anyone have any ideas as to what it might be? Q-bus CPU's can be anything from a PDP-11/03 up to a Microvax, and even some third-party CPU's with odd things like 68000's and Z80's on them. You really gotta look in the CPU box and find the CPU board to determine what it is. The badge on the front of the BA23 may bear no relation to what's installed in it. If it is an -11, it's very likely an 11/73, /83 or 11/93, possibly a 11/23. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa@trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927