Only DEC could make a PDP-11 PSU this insane…

In a haze of jet lag, I woke up with a burning desire to get hands on with my PDP-11/44. It’s been sitting on a back burner for an intense amount of time, but even still, it hasn’t been a high priority item. But, sometimes, you can’t help wanting to work on certain things, so in this episode, I give in and have a bit of fun tooling around with the PDP-11/44! Check out Gunkies.org for awesome PDP information: https://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-11 If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/usagielectric Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale! https://my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com Come join us on Discord! Discord: https://discord.gg/p7UsfHD Intro Music adapted from: Artist: The Runaway Five Title: The Shinra Shuffle https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01847 Thanks for watching! Chapters 0:00 Who needs responsibilities, let’s work on something fun 1:00 The who, what, where, why and when 3:51 Taking things apart 5:09 Even at first glance I can tell this PSU is gonna whip my butt 6:50 Initial testing 9:06 Fan cleaning and testing one more time 10:44 Okay, it’s broken, but how broken? 14:55 Hands on with the PSU modules 16:38 Swapping different modules in and testing again 21:39 Losing the battle, but still hoping to win the war 23:10 Another rescue?!