intabits
Experienced Member
I've had these two machines for many years, and I've been very naughty, because I've done nothing with them. They've just been sitting in my "museum room", collecting dust.
So it's time to do something about that, clean them up and get them operating, at least as standalone units that can be operated via the front panel.
First up, have a look inside, note what's there and make a video.
Image links show up too big in this forum, I've added them at the end, but here's a link to 3 more viewable images:-
https://imgur.com/gallery/1czglgJ
I'll try to add images of each board over the next few days.
Teardown video:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YK2nhc_kUw
Links to some of the many documents available on BitSavers:-
PDP11/34:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/1134/
PD11/04:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/1104/
PDP11 general:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/
Power supply:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-BA11L-TM-001_Oct77.pdf
The next step will be to check/fix the power supplies. Coming soon...
Images in link above. (They don't show up so big in another forum that I posted this message to)
The card cages. 11/34 at top, 11/04 at bottom:-
A selection of the boards. Power supply covers removed:-
So it's time to do something about that, clean them up and get them operating, at least as standalone units that can be operated via the front panel.
First up, have a look inside, note what's there and make a video.
Image links show up too big in this forum, I've added them at the end, but here's a link to 3 more viewable images:-
https://imgur.com/gallery/1czglgJ
I'll try to add images of each board over the next few days.
Teardown video:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YK2nhc_kUw
Links to some of the many documents available on BitSavers:-
PDP11/34:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/1134/
PD11/04:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/1104/
PDP11 general:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/
Power supply:-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-BA11L-TM-001_Oct77.pdf
The next step will be to check/fix the power supplies. Coming soon...
Images in link above. (They don't show up so big in another forum that I posted this message to)
The card cages. 11/34 at top, 11/04 at bottom:-
A selection of the boards. Power supply covers removed:-