Re: Ohio Scientific Universal RAM Board GW-OSI-RAM1

2017-05-04 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 05/03/2017 05:37 PM, Systems Glitch wrote: > I want to say the only 12-bit work I've done has always been octal > (PDP-8), but 8- and 16-bit has been a mix. I can switch between them, > but it's kinda like using vim and $graphical_work_editor -- you use > vim on a weekend long hack session and

Re: Ohio Scientific Universal RAM Board GW-OSI-RAM1

2017-05-03 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Systems Glitch via cctalk wrote: >> Is the IM6100/6120 still easy to find? I'dve thought that the supply >> was exhausted by now. > > One of my *US* parts supplier apparently has qty 500 in stock for the IM6100s! Nice. They are definitely not as in-demand as the

Re: Ohio Scientific Universal RAM Board GW-OSI-RAM1

2017-05-03 Thread Systems Glitch via cctalk
> Is the IM6100/6120 still easy to find? I'dve thought that the supply > was exhausted by now. One of my *US* parts supplier apparently has qty 500 in stock for the IM6100s! With the failure rate I've been seeing, figure at least 350 of them are viable, maybe more. I've also had a bunch come ou

Re: Ohio Scientific Universal RAM Board GW-OSI-RAM1

2017-05-03 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 05/03/2017 04:49 PM, Systems Glitch via cctalk wrote: > Finished building a prototype mezzanine board and testing with the > IM6100 (PDP-8 on a chip) in the 560Z board today. Full writeup: > > The lamp register is on a mezzanine for a few reasons. First off, > octal vs. hex grouping! It really

Ohio Scientific Universal RAM Board GW-OSI-RAM1

2017-05-03 Thread Systems Glitch via cctalk
Finished building a prototype mezzanine board and testing with the IM6100 (PDP-8 on a chip) in the 560Z board today. Full writeup: http://www.glitchwrks.com/2017/05/03/gw-osi-ram1-universal-ram There are a couple of tweaks required, but I should be doing a first production run of boards before