We’re still plugging away at our portable PDP-11, and in the last episode we made excellent progress in getting the PDP-11/23 itself up and running. But, a portable PDP is pointless unless we have a portable data terminal to go with it. Enter the ADDS Envoy. This is an awesome little RS-232 capable data terminal that will make the perfect companion for our PDP-11. The only downside is, it’s in rough shape. Or at least, one of them is, it just takes me way too long to figure that out. What am I on about? Well, watch the video and see!
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Intro Music adapted from:
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Title: The Shinra Shuffle
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Chapters
0:00 This is our portable PDP-11
2:05 A portable PDP needs a portable data terminal
3:45 A virtual walkaround
6:52 Disassembly
9:53 Guess what, more poop!
11:53 Cleanup
14:54 Testing the power supply
16:51 “Everyone knows you never go full send!”
19:15 Properly checking voltages this time
21:14 “I’mma let you finish, but Tool had the best album of all time!”
22:29 The “parts” machine
24:06 Testing goes better this time
26:45 We’re close, but not quite there yet
29:14 Koma-san!