For me starting in my early 20's at a Test & Measurement company, (btw at one time has to option to buy DEC) and being in the division that stuck a PDP11/40 (eventually a 11/84) in a rack along a bunch of T&M I've been from time to time collecting, specially from what I consider the boom years, the mid 60's to the 70's. Just like the place I worked and the half dozen NIM/Camac companies the lives of those who made other a success are the unsung hero's.
d On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > On 11/02/2016 12:53 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: > >> In a past life I did quite a few Test & Measurement setups, started with >> dedicated I/O, then added GPIB, and later VXI >> Always enjoyed the challenge of automating stimulus and measurement. >> >> In the mid 90s I helped add GPIB to a NIM & CAMAC setup. But never got to >> really play with any of the instruments. >> >> For 'fun' I want to setup and NIM Bin and CAMAC Crate and since my days of >> connecting to a computer started with a PDP-11. But unless a Unibus box >> shows up that's for another rainy season. >> >> Anyone with a NIM Bin or CAMAC Create they don't want and is near Portland >> Oregon (due to weight and size) ? >> >> On another vector, it is sad to see that there is not a 'bitsavers' for >> NIM >> & CAMAC. >> >> >> This gear DOES turn up frequently on eBay for reasonable prices. We > supply our lab's needs for replacement bins and crates that way. I used to > build CAMAC modules for nuclear research as a business. I made my own > crate and crate controller for module testing. It was just the backplane, > no card slots, which was fine to have access to probe the boards. > > Jon > >
