Re: Imaging and Emulating Rainbow

2016-08-14 Thread Karl-Wilhelm Wacker
Jules: If you don't mind doing a little hardware / software: I've been using a module from FTDI that 'talks' TTL level RS232 at baud rate up to / past? 115Kbaud, and 'talks to' USB thumb drives. Go to digikey / etc, and look at the 'VDRIVE3' from FTDI. It does all the grunt work in handling

Re: Signetics N8251 source?

2016-07-24 Thread Karl-Wilhelm Wacker
I have looked at the pinout, it is different, but you can use a method called "dead-bug" to wire the 7442 in place of the n8251. I've attached the spec sheet for the n8251 to this email. Karl - Original Message ----- From: "Karl-Wilhelm Wacker" To: "Genera

Re: Signetics N8251 source?

2016-07-24 Thread Karl-Wilhelm Wacker
Mattis: By the description, it is a 1 of 10 decoder chip. Have you looked to see if it pinout compatable with a 7442? Karl - Original Message - From: "Mattis Lind" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 5:01 AM Subject: Signetics N8251

Re: Reproduction micros

2016-07-22 Thread Karl-Wilhelm Wacker
If these are switching power supplies, the fizzing may be the output filter caps overheating and about to pop their safety 'corks' due to self heating due to high ripple currents. I can across this probelm in a Clary Datacomp 404 computer that I worked on in the late 60's. The initial fix was a

Re: DEC H-500 Computer Lab pins and docs (was Re: Straight 8 up on Ebay just now)

2016-07-19 Thread Karl-Wilhelm Wacker
traight 8 up on Ebay just now) From: Karl-Wilhelm Wacker: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:25 AM Does anyone have one of the patch cables, and can they measure the diameter of the pin and it's length? The width goes from about .093" near the tip to 0.1" near the crimp. The leng

Re: LASERS! && Freemont Street LED array (was Re: Cray J932SE (was Re: Straight 8 up on Ebay just now))

2016-07-19 Thread Karl-Wilhelm Wacker
They generaly use mirrors - I would cobble something together by taking the laser diode read head from a CD rom, and removing the diode assembly, and glue a small, thin, front surface mirror in its place, and drive the coil from the output of an audio amp, just to try it out. A pair of these,

Re: DEC H-500 Computer Lab pins and docs (was Re: Straight 8 up on Ebay just now)

2016-07-19 Thread Karl-Wilhelm Wacker
Does anyone have one of the patch cables, and can they measure the diameter of the pin and it's length? Also, is it a straight pin or like a bannana jack with springy sides? There is a company www.mill-max.com that makes almost any type of pin/socket that you can think of - take a look thru