daver2
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Can I have some of your luck please Mike?!
Youv'e got the assembly of the 5-boards - they will only go together one way round with the overhead connectors.
Check out here http://www.vandermark.ch/pdp8/uploads/PDP8/PDP8.Hardware/slot-modules.jpg. Note that there is an error on the website though - he has got two off M8310's instead of one M8310 followed by one M8300 labelled.
I have also found the source code for OS/8 here http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-8/os8/os8.v3d/ (plus a load of other stuff). The FORTRAN IV compiler and run-time source is also here - so I am just debating building the whole lot from sources and seeing what happens. I have found the bit of code where it tests for the FPP and EAE hardware being present. I also found a document containing patches to force the runtimes to not use the FPP and/or EAE hardware if it was present.
Nice work Mike.
Dave
Youv'e got the assembly of the 5-boards - they will only go together one way round with the overhead connectors.
Check out here http://www.vandermark.ch/pdp8/uploads/PDP8/PDP8.Hardware/slot-modules.jpg. Note that there is an error on the website though - he has got two off M8310's instead of one M8310 followed by one M8300 labelled.
I have also found the source code for OS/8 here http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-8/os8/os8.v3d/ (plus a load of other stuff). The FORTRAN IV compiler and run-time source is also here - so I am just debating building the whole lot from sources and seeing what happens. I have found the bit of code where it tests for the FPP and EAE hardware being present. I also found a document containing patches to force the runtimes to not use the FPP and/or EAE hardware if it was present.
Nice work Mike.
Dave