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Neil Higgins
, …
Chuck McManis
579
Feb 12
Show us your kits - completed PiDP-11s
-11
front
panel
casting and the
panel
is vertical. The 3D > printed clock enclosure below the
panel
is sized for a common matrix > display from Amazon and the display is driven by
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Show us your kits - completed PiDP-11s
-11
front
panel
casting and the
panel
is vertical. The 3D > printed clock enclosure below the
panel
is sized for a common matrix > display from Amazon and the display is driven by
Feb 12
Steven Fraser
, …
Glenn Babecki
11
Jan 20
New to Group - Want Help Reading Front Panel Switches and Lighting LEDS
controlling the
front
panel
> > LEDs and > > > reading the switches (and making the whole thing interrupt dirven) > > > through an RSX-11M device driver for
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New to Group - Want Help Reading Front Panel Switches and Lighting LEDS
controlling the
front
panel
> > LEDs and > > > reading the switches (and making the whole thing interrupt dirven) > > > through an RSX-11M device driver for
Jan 20
Eric N
, …
R Clark
51
12/11/25
Fixing the LED panel freeze issue
had a
front
panel
hang, going all the way back to Oscar's original release. I have several PiDP-11s running just so I have a better chance of seeing one of these rare hangs. A lot of
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Fixing the LED panel freeze issue
had a
front
panel
hang, going all the way back to Oscar's original release. I have several PiDP-11s running just so I have a better chance of seeing one of these rare hangs. A lot of
12/11/25
Bert Driehuis
, …
terri-...@glaver.org
3
10/9/25
Re: [PiDP-11] Inconsistant LED color
a KA10
front
panel
(I was dialing in from a TIP hundreds of miles away. My PiDP-10 kit has LEDs from 2 different batches (confirmed by Oscar/CEDS) intermixed. I haven't decided if
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Re: [PiDP-11] Inconsistant LED color
a KA10
front
panel
(I was dialing in from a TIP hundreds of miles away. My PiDP-10 kit has LEDs from 2 different batches (confirmed by Oscar/CEDS) intermixed. I haven't decided if
10/9/25
Paulo Rebordão
, …
frankg
30
10/9/25
Looking for a DCJ11-AE CPU
switches PDP
front
panels, It would obviously be different with the earlier discrete machines, but pins are usually at a premium with microprocessor implementations. If that is the
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Looking for a DCJ11-AE CPU
switches PDP
front
panels, It would obviously be different with the earlier discrete machines, but pins are usually at a premium with microprocessor implementations. If that is the
10/9/25
Paulo Rebordão
, …
Johnny Billquist
11
8/23/25
Question about BHALT_L line
/03
front
panel
is attached and can be >>> obtained through bit savers, as well as the 11/23 and 11/73
front
panel
>>> schematics. I could not remember/find the docs
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Question about BHALT_L line
/03
front
panel
is attached and can be >>> obtained through bit savers, as well as the 11/23 and 11/73
front
panel
>>> schematics. I could not remember/find the docs
8/23/25
Three Jeeps
, …
timr...@gmail.com
5
7/15/25
Blinkenlight graphical panel compatable with current version of PiDP11?
/virtual
panel
described >> here: >> https://retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone >> >> Anyone know if it plays nice with the current software version
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Blinkenlight graphical panel compatable with current version of PiDP11?
/virtual
panel
described >> here: >> https://retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone >> >> Anyone know if it plays nice with the current software version
7/15/25
terry-...@glaver.org
, …
John Bruner
7
7/6/25
PiDP-11 software install seems to be badly broken (again)
Fixing the
LED
panel
freeze issue" thread. Two (hopefully relevant questions): 1) What model of Raspberry Pi are you using? 2) Are you using the pi in an actual PiDP-11 chassis
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PiDP-11 software install seems to be badly broken (again)
Fixing the
LED
panel
freeze issue" thread. Two (hopefully relevant questions): 1) What model of Raspberry Pi are you using? 2) Are you using the pi in an actual PiDP-11 chassis
7/6/25
Flavio Villanustre
, …
George Harris
8
6/28/25
LEDs in the front panel stuck after a few days
holds the
LED
status data. (The rotary LEDs are not involved > here, so they keep working). > Simh sends a constant stream of
LED
panel
status data to the pidp11 server > program
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LEDs in the front panel stuck after a few days
holds the
LED
status data. (The rotary LEDs are not involved > here, so they keep working). > Simh sends a constant stream of
LED
panel
status data to the pidp11 server > program
6/28/25
Bill Saltzstein
, …
sunnybo...@gmail.com
15
5/24/25
MiSTer?
the control
panel
(F12) >>>> "211bsd-rp06.dsk" nothing in particular happens. I'm back to the @ prompt. >>>> >>>> What am
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MiSTer?
the control
panel
(F12) >>>> "211bsd-rp06.dsk" nothing in particular happens. I'm back to the @ prompt. >>>> >>>> What am
5/24/25
John Durgan
, …
Flavio Villanustre
22
2/17/25
no lights on initial power up
and the
front
>>>>>> >>
panel
to prevent things from shorting out. This can cause >>>>>> connection issues if the Pi isn't >
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no lights on initial power up
and the
front
>>>>>> >>
panel
to prevent things from shorting out. This can cause >>>>>> connection issues if the Pi isn't >
2/17/25
Adam Thornton
, …
oscarv
12
12/21/24
Well, that's embarrassing
like it's
front
>
panel
and the 8i was the first computer I used. Learned computers on one. > When the 10 was announced I was not sure right off if I wanted one. Yes, I > had used
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Well, that's embarrassing
like it's
front
>
panel
and the 8i was the first computer I used. Learned computers on one. > When the 10 was announced I was not sure right off if I wanted one. Yes, I > had used
12/21/24
Paulo Rebordão
, …
Johnny Billquist
17
12/2/24
Issue with M8190 CPU board
through a
front
panel
>>> design taken from herehttps://avitech.com.au/?page_id=1657 >>> >>> >> avitech.com.au/?page_id=1657>>
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Issue with M8190 CPU board
through a
front
panel
>>> design taken from herehttps://avitech.com.au/?page_id=1657 >>> >>> >> avitech.com.au/?page_id=1657>>
12/2/24
Mike Katz
, …
oscarv
16
12/1/24
Updated card image or updated repository
is the
front
panel
emulation dying That should have been fixed with today's post! https://groups.google.com/g/pidp-11/c/sviHgH1-OZU/m/BbMMDBr5CQAJ Is that a different
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Updated card image or updated repository
is the
front
panel
emulation dying That should have been fixed with today's post! https://groups.google.com/g/pidp-11/c/sviHgH1-OZU/m/BbMMDBr5CQAJ Is that a different
12/1/24
terry-...@glaver.org
, …
oscarv
18
11/27/24
Is it possible the 2024 install is missing a number of fixes?
fixes (
front
-
panel
lights freeze, odd behavior of rotary encoder). Oddly, the version of historybuffer.c installed by pidp11/install/install.sh doesn't any calls to mutex
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Is it possible the 2024 install is missing a number of fixes?
fixes (
front
-
panel
lights freeze, odd behavior of rotary encoder). Oddly, the version of historybuffer.c installed by pidp11/install/install.sh doesn't any calls to mutex
11/27/24
Charles Ess
, …
Lee Gleason
9
6/17/24
Vintage Computer Festival Southwest?
CPUs a
led
front
panel
like their older Unibus brethren. > This arrangement allows a PC power supply to power things since the QProbe > has reboot, LTC, and halt switches/functionality
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Vintage Computer Festival Southwest?
CPUs a
led
front
panel
like their older Unibus brethren. > This arrangement allows a PC power supply to power things since the QProbe > has reboot, LTC, and halt switches/functionality
6/17/24
Steve Platt
, …
oscarv
7
5/2/24
Notes on a recent kit assembly and an issue using the Pi 5
work.
LED
test switch, all on, bright and solid. No flicker. I'm imagining a similar issue with the switches. I'm new to the Pi world, but have around a decade or so working with
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Notes on a recent kit assembly and an issue using the Pi 5
work.
LED
test switch, all on, bright and solid. No flicker. I'm imagining a similar issue with the switches. I'm new to the Pi world, but have around a decade or so working with
5/2/24
John Anderson
, …
isy...@gmail.com
42
2/24/24
The complete guide to running your PiDP-11 on 64 bit Raspberry Pi OS
for the
front
-
panel
are incomplete. It's on my ToDo list but low. If you want to take a shot at it, email me offline in the next few days, and I'll point you to where to look. I will
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The complete guide to running your PiDP-11 on 64 bit Raspberry Pi OS
for the
front
-
panel
are incomplete. It's on my ToDo list but low. If you want to take a shot at it, email me offline in the next few days, and I'll point you to where to look. I will
2/24/24
curt mayer
, …
Peter Long
11
6/3/23
build, with pictures, with cooling and extended case
/370
front
panels is that once you get past the address and data bus and things like the Wait light, pretty much all of the indicators are displaying infrmation about the internal state
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build, with pictures, with cooling and extended case
/370
front
panels is that once you get past the address and data bus and things like the Wait light, pretty much all of the indicators are displaying infrmation about the internal state
6/3/23
Eric N
, …
Anton Lavrentiev
19
12/18/22
RSX-11 system crash (Driver not loaded)
that the
LED
panel
froze (the PiDP sim was still running with > no issues). I've seen this occur in the past regardless of which PDP OS > I'm running. The PiDP sits idle for
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RSX-11 system crash (Driver not loaded)
that the
LED
panel
froze (the PiDP sim was still running with > no issues). I've seen this occur in the past regardless of which PDP OS > I'm running. The PiDP sits idle for
12/18/22
Bill Backstrom
, …
richard...@gmail.com
22
8/16/22
PDP2011 Serial Console Question
back in
front
of the keyboard. >> >> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 4:48:15 PM UTC-5 richard...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Seeing this thread reminded
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PDP2011 Serial Console Question
back in
front
of the keyboard. >> >> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 4:48:15 PM UTC-5 richard...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Seeing this thread reminded
8/16/22
Carl Marbach
, …
Marco
20
5/26/22
Failed first light test.
, the
front
panel
lights all light. >>>> I have never seen the simulator. >>>> I have never seen the instruction: "sudo /etc/init.d/pidp11 start"
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Failed first light test.
, the
front
panel
lights all light. >>>> I have never seen the simulator. >>>> I have never seen the instruction: "sudo /etc/init.d/pidp11 start"
5/26/22
Larry Teague
, …
Peter Ekstrom
5
1/6/22
New to the group
removing the
front
panel
. > > My PiDP-11 went together smoothly. It works almost correctly. There is > just a small problem. Apparently the rotary encoders on the latest batch
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New to the group
removing the
front
panel
. > > My PiDP-11 went together smoothly. It works almost correctly. There is > just a small problem. Apparently the rotary encoders on the latest batch
1/6/22
Andrew Silverman
, …
Jonathan Morton
44
10/3/21
Having a little trouble bringing blinky lights back to life
of sporadic
panel
freezes >> that is mentioned here: >> https://groups.google.com/g/pidp-11/c/C5PSSzfcMHc/m/BmMk3LZ8BgAJ >> >> After rebuilding
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Having a little trouble bringing blinky lights back to life
of sporadic
panel
freezes >> that is mentioned here: >> https://groups.google.com/g/pidp-11/c/C5PSSzfcMHc/m/BmMk3LZ8BgAJ >> >> After rebuilding
10/3/21
Sytse van Slooten
, …
Crni Mrki
15
9/1/23
PDP2011 new release
. The
front
panel
of a MINC replica of the future, now past is an interesting concept. Before the QBone I used an Emulex UC07 and a SCSI2SD card as a disk drive. I burned eight 2716 EPROMs
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PDP2011 new release
. The
front
panel
of a MINC replica of the future, now past is an interesting concept. Before the QBone I used an Emulex UC07 and a SCSI2SD card as a disk drive. I burned eight 2716 EPROMs
9/1/23
Guido De Grefte
, …
Johnny Billquist
58
4/28/21
My new build, and what it can do.
our monitor
led
to finding and fixing > an obscure bug in our KW11-P driver. Around that time DEC Field Service > would routinely replace the
front
panel
of PDP-11/70's with
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My new build, and what it can do.
our monitor
led
to finding and fixing > an obscure bug in our KW11-P driver. Around that time DEC Field Service > would routinely replace the
front
panel
of PDP-11/70's with
4/28/21
Daniel Crawford
,
Oscar Vermeulen
4
3/31/21
Failed first test, no LEDs
how the
front
panel
looks (like the ones on >> the web site?).?That about half the LEDs light up sounds OK in fact, if >> most of them are blinky or 'animated'. >
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Failed first test, no LEDs
how the
front
panel
looks (like the ones on >> the web site?).?That about half the LEDs light up sounds OK in fact, if >> most of them are blinky or 'animated'. >
3/31/21
Neal G.
, …
Lawrence Glaister
5
3/9/21
Front panel display freeze
-11
front
panel
display freezes, but in all other respects > the PiDP-11 and Raspberry Pi continue to work properly? > > After running RSX11 flawlessly for 71 days; on day 72
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Front panel display freeze
-11
front
panel
display freezes, but in all other respects > the PiDP-11 and Raspberry Pi continue to work properly? > > After running RSX11 flawlessly for 71 days; on day 72
3/9/21
Reynald Poittevin
, …
Rob Pike
3
1/13/21
PiDP LED size
The acrylic
front
panel
actually has a coloured 'sunglass effect' that > brings the colour of modern red LEDs closer to the old 1970s ones - which I > thought was a neat
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PiDP LED size
The acrylic
front
panel
actually has a coloured 'sunglass effect' that > brings the colour of modern red LEDs closer to the old 1970s ones - which I > thought was a neat
1/13/21
Tom Hunter
, …
Bill Smith
6
11/12/20
PiDP-11 build success & IDLED question
] The
front
panel
of the PiDP-8/I has suffered from my many attempts to get a proper alignment between case, PCB (LEDs & switches) and
front
panel
. I must have removed and fitted it
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PiDP-11 build success & IDLED question
] The
front
panel
of the PiDP-8/I has suffered from my many attempts to get a proper alignment between case, PCB (LEDs & switches) and
front
panel
. I must have removed and fitted it
11/12/20