compact pdp11 and front panel

[Ian King]

Since the Qbus is multiplexed, it's intrinsically harder to do blinkenlights/flippenswitches.  In fact, I can't think of a single b/f Qbus machine....

If you're just looking for a "half height" box, some of the smaller Unibus machines (e.g. 11/05) was built with b/f.  -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sridhar Ayengar [ploopster at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:57 AM
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Subject: Re: compact pdp11 and front panel

David Griffith wrote:
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> Does anyone know anything about shoehorning a front panel with lots of
> lights and switches onto a compact pdp11 (say, a /73 or /83)?

I know enough about it to know it would be hard.

Peace...  Sridhar