Can disks be copied using only one RL02 drive?

[Pete Turnbull]

Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> On Thursday 03 May 2007 10:19, charlesmorris at hughes.net wrote:
>> The alternative is to take the RL02 from my PDP-8/A and connect it,
>> but then I don't have a "1" key, they are both unit "0".

> The other option I can think of, is that you could change the unit number 
> on one of your RL02's, either by snapping fingers off the ready 
> indicator, or (probably a better idea) sticking small plastic rods or 
> similar into the holes where the fingers go in the ready lamp for the 
> 2nd RL02, and use that.

I've done that with matchsticks, so I know it works.  You just need to 
know which of the "fingers" on the unit select to emulate.  If you can't 
get a spare "1" indicator, I'll go and look at mine to see where the 
matchsticks would need to go.

I eventually made a whole set of indicators (0...3) out of perspex.

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