11/45 is alive (I'm singing "who's johnny")

[Jay West]

Bob wrote...
> The boot rom for the DSD drive is already on the 9312 from the 11/34
> system.  It is a standard DEC rom, I think RX02.
I found a DX & DY boot rom on that 9312, which I assumed was the right one 
but I didn't know if the DSD required a non-standard (ie. non-DEC) boot rom. 
It appears that it uses a standard boot rom, so I'm all set there. I really 
wish the DSD440 I got from you had the rails, but I'm going to dig around 
here and see if I have some rails that will fit it.

> Also, use the MOS memory from the 11/34 to boot.
Yes, but.... if I pull the memory from the /34 I won't have any memory for 
the /34 which I DO plan to restore in the near future. Plus, there's been 
some discussion about that memory needing a MUD slot. I'll sort it out 
before too long.

> One of the packs that's still here is the one that has the driver source
> for the LincTape drive.
Ug... I definitely would like to get that!

> No cable for the DSD setup eh?  Hmmm, must still be in the garage....
> It is a normal ribbon cable just as you suspect.
I bought a 26 conductor 10 foot rainbow ribbon cable yesterday, along with a 
few 2x13 IDC connectors. So, I'll just make my own connector. As I recall, 
rainbow ribbon cables normally use brown for pin 1. I also bit the bullet 
and bought an IDC crimp tool, I've used a bench vise in the past and it just 
doesn't work well - too many broken connectors ;)

> I have a bunch of media for the LincTape II drive.  Al K. 'borrowed'
> several tapes that had something of interest when he picked up the
> MIT CADR as well.  But there are still many tapes here you need to
> get.
I'd love to get those tapes Bob! But as a side note... dare I ask... is new 
media for linctape II available anywhere? The stuff is old enough I'm 
concerned about tape decay...

> As for mounting the RL01, there is still an H-960 sitting here!
> I think I also have a box of floppy disks for the DSD setup.
I have an H-960 spare. I was REALLY hoping to make the 11/45 a single bay 
setup, but it doesn't seem that is really possible. I'll have to hunt up a 
"tie together" kit to bolt my two racks together if I wind up going the dual 
bay route :|

> You did get the OMSI Pascal packs, right?
I am 99% sure that one or more of the packs I got from you was labled OMSI 
Pascal. I think I already have a 3rd party pascal compiler on RX02 media, 
not positive about that. I do know I have the Saturn Word Processing system 
distribution on RX02 if anyone needs that.

Jay West