DEC peripheral/parts nomenclature

[Robert Jarratt]

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> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
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> Subject: DEC peripheral/parts nomenclature
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> In article
> <f4eb766f0904221259v22e47737xfb98f42b83523cc4 at mail.gmail.com>,
>     Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>  writes:
> 
> > Check the RA81 service manual...
> 
> Not being intimately familiar with all the DEC nomenclature, is there
> any site where this sort of thing is summarized in table form?
> 
> KD11, RA81, RP04, LA36, VT100, etc., they all follow a pattern and it
> seems there is even some consistency "R" for disc drives, "VT" for
> video terminals, etc.
> 
> However, for those of us that don't have this sort of thing memorized,
> it sure would be handy to have an online reference.
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Ooops, replied to the wrong email. I meant to reply to this one:

Far from exhaustive, but I find this page useful:

http://www.netbsd.org/docs/Hardware/Machines/DEC/vax/sections.html

Regards

Rob