smp
Veteran Member
Hello all,
As you may recall, I have a small PDP-11/23 system, made up of the following:
BA11-N Chassis
H9273 Backplane
M8186 Processor
M8044-DB 32K Word Memory (qty=2)
M7940 Serial I/O (qty=2)
Emulex UC07 SCSI Interface
open row
open row
M8012 Diagnostic / Boot
I have cobbled together an old Macintosh SCSI hard disk drive and a SCSI Zip Drive for disk storage, and I can boot and run RT-11 (I have to manually type in the bootstrap code via ODT for booting up from a cold start).
I see this auction on eBay for a M8189 PDP-11/23+ Processor board with cab kit:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291440874272?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Since I really do not know what I am doing, can anyone offer me some advice on if I might be able to use this M8189 processor in my chassis and backplane? Would this processor board replace all of my boards, except the Emulex UC07 SCSI Interface? Would I keep my current memory boards? Would this processor still need the M8012 Diagnostic / Boot board?
Finally, is this a reasonable price to pay for this processor and cab kit? Hopefully it is, and I might be able to go on a new DEC adventure.
Thanks in advance,
smp
As you may recall, I have a small PDP-11/23 system, made up of the following:
BA11-N Chassis
H9273 Backplane
M8186 Processor
M8044-DB 32K Word Memory (qty=2)
M7940 Serial I/O (qty=2)
Emulex UC07 SCSI Interface
open row
open row
M8012 Diagnostic / Boot
I have cobbled together an old Macintosh SCSI hard disk drive and a SCSI Zip Drive for disk storage, and I can boot and run RT-11 (I have to manually type in the bootstrap code via ODT for booting up from a cold start).
I see this auction on eBay for a M8189 PDP-11/23+ Processor board with cab kit:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291440874272?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Since I really do not know what I am doing, can anyone offer me some advice on if I might be able to use this M8189 processor in my chassis and backplane? Would this processor board replace all of my boards, except the Emulex UC07 SCSI Interface? Would I keep my current memory boards? Would this processor still need the M8012 Diagnostic / Boot board?
Finally, is this a reasonable price to pay for this processor and cab kit? Hopefully it is, and I might be able to go on a new DEC adventure.
Thanks in advance,
smp