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  • Restoring PDP-11/34A - Part 1

    From goto_KCM@21:1/218 to All on Wed Mar 19 08:21:59 2025
    Hey there.

    So, fist steps are done to bring my PDP-11/34A back to life.
    The PSUs had to be redone and slowly awaken from their sleep.
    After that, which takes about a week, done by my friend Gnther Honisch, i put back those parts together and first time after about 30 years the PSUs got powered on again.

    No magic smoke escaped and after checking the voltages +5V, -15V and +15V where OK on the UNIBUS. So first step ok.

    After this step i put in the Terminator Card M9302, some NPG Cards and the KY11-LB Console Card. First it worked fine, the Console was online i cold type in some numbers. But after a few minutes the Console got stuck and no longer showed anything. :-(

    So, next step, get the console working again.
    Stay tuned!

    Regards
    Andreas

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  • From beardy@21:3/158 to goto_KCM on Thu Mar 20 01:16:07 2025

    On 2025-03-19 08:21 goto_KCM said...
    So, next step, get the console working again. Stay tuned!

    I hope it goes well.
    Really nice to see old machines kept alive, or brought back to life.
    The closest I've been to the real PDP-11 hardware was an account I had on a machine that was running in Norway.
    That guy also had a Norsk Data (ND) running at the time that I also had an account on to play around with.

    Other than that I like to play around with PDP-stuff using SIMH.

    I was going to ask if there's any pictures of your machine and your project, I think I can answer myself and others interested, that I think pictures are here:
    https://kautzner-computer-museum.at/pdp-1134a_restore_1/

    Looking forward to hear more about your progress.

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  • From Malvinas@21:4/167 to goto_KCM on Wed Mar 19 21:20:21 2025
    So, next step, get the console working again.
    Stay tuned!


    This is wonderful!! Keep these posts coming, please

    Malvinas.

    Pol Malvinas.

    Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas!

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  • From goto_KCM@21:1/218 to beardy on Thu Mar 20 10:41:17 2025
    I was going to ask if there's any pictures of your machine and your project, I think I can answer myself and others interested, that I think pictures are here: https://kautzner-computer-museum.at/pdp-1134a_restore_1/

    Hey, yes that is my Museums Blog where i also post pictures :-),

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