Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-25 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Robert Jarratt > When the power is OK the output of the inverters is low, so the > transistors are off, presumably allowing the signals to float high. > When the power is not OK, the inverters are high, turning on the > transistors and shorting the signal to ground. Th

RE: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-25 Thread tony duell
> My reading of the Qbus spec is that P OK and DC OK are active high. That > diagram They are, for a very logical reason. Remember you can wire-AND open-collector signals -- that is link them together so that any driver can pull the line low and the line will only be high if all driver transist

RE: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon Elson > Sent: 25 November 2015 17:10 > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Mod

Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/25/2015 11:01 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote: My reading of the Qbus spec is that P OK and DC OK are active high. That diagram tells me that both control signals are driven the same way because the two circuits are identical except for the timing caps. When the power is OK the output of the in

RE: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-25 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon Elson > Sent: 25 November 2015 16:37 > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Mod

Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-25 Thread Jon Elson
II PSU With a Modern PSU On 11/24/2015 05:52 PM, Mark Wickens wrote: I haven't looked into this at all and I suspect it's probably quite tricky indeed. I did look around a while back drew a blank. I built up a Micro-VAX II system out of boards, backplanes and assorted junk. I made my

RE: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-24 Thread Robert Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon Elson > Sent: 25 November 2015 02:05 > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Mod

Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-24 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/24/2015 05:52 PM, Mark Wickens wrote: 4. The most difficult bit, I suspect, would be the PSU LTC signal , which I believe is some kind of clock. I don't know what the spec of the signal is, but I will get a scope on a working one to see (NB don't want to risk a working PSU on this mac

Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-24 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/24/2015 05:52 PM, Mark Wickens wrote: I haven't looked into this at all and I suspect it's probably quite tricky indeed. I did look around a while back drew a blank. I built up a Micro-VAX II system out of boards, backplanes and assorted junk. I made my own power supply. The power supp

RE: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-24 Thread Robert Jarratt
4 November 2015 23:52 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU > > I haven't looked into this at all and I suspect it's probably quite tricky > indeed. I > did look around a while back drew a blank

Re: Replacing MicroVAX II PSU With a Modern PSU

2015-11-24 Thread Mark Wickens
I haven't looked into this at all and I suspect it's probably quite tricky indeed. I did look around a while back drew a blank. If you need another dead MV2 let me know, the one I collected is still sat in the garage. Regards, Mark. On 20 November 2015 at 00:00, Robert Jarratt wrote: > While I