Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-30 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 3/29/19 9:12 PM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: > Which brings us to the real problem: we don’t have 360 Model 50 ALDs. Anyone > has them? I've been looking for years. The few on bitsavers is all I've ever been able to get. Decades later, people are still afraid to release them. I tried to

Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-30 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Al Kossow > Decades later, people are still afraid to release them. I tried to get > 2065 ALDs from someone that had them and they wouldn't give them to me. Sounds like it's time to have someone high up at the CHM talk to someone at IBM to get an OK; if you only ask for permis

Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-30 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> Sounds like it's time to have someone high up at the CHM talk to someone > at IBM to get an OK; if you only ask for permission, not for IBM to cough > up the info themselves, that might be doable. It is very likely IBM does not have the information anymore - at least not in the archives. Maybe i

Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-30 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 3/30/2019 12:35 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Al Kossow > > > Decades later, people are still afraid to release them. I tried to get > > 2065 ALDs from someone that had them and they wouldn't give them to me. > > Sounds like it's time to have someone high up at the C

Re: IBM 360 Model 50 information?

2019-03-30 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
> My experience with IBM legal (who were actually quite communicative when > I approached them) on that front with IBM 1410 manuals suggests to me > that they will not ever give explicit permission, because nobody at IBM > will ever by confident that they won't end up giving away some trade > secre

H786 power supply help wanted

2019-03-30 Thread Charles via cctalk
I have a PDP-11/23+ and the power supply (H786) "last ran when parked" a year or so ago. But there's no DC output at all today, and the fans are running so there is AC power... I also have the original H7861 that came with it, which had a blown chopper transistor. I couldn't find anything else b

Re: AGC restoration / was Re: PDP-8 signed overflow detection - Apollo guidace computer

2019-03-30 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Yes, that would be Carl’s “day to day” blog (http://rescue1130.blogspot.com/). He is also on the list, lurking in the background. Carl, are you there? Ken Shirriff has also several deeply researched blog articles on specific AGC topics (righto.com). Mike has some very interesting posts on his AGC

Re: H786 power supply help wanted

2019-03-30 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Hi Charles, The H786 was standard for the 11/23, BA11-N. The H7861 was for the 11/23+, BA11-S and had afrw more amps of +5 volts. I would start by looking at the electronic caps. I have a few extras here but am pretty busy for the next week or so. Paul On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 2:25 PM Charles v

Using PC power supply in BA-11S

2019-03-30 Thread Charles via cctalk
Regarding my earlier request for help repairing an H786 and H7861, it occurred to me that I could instead use a desktop PC power supply, having several in the junkbox. It's even small enough to fit in there once the H786 is removed. So I patched the wiring harness from the PC supply to the scre

Re: H786 power supply help wanted

2019-03-30 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 3/30/2019 2:25 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote: > I have a PDP-11/23+ and the power supply (H786) "last ran when parked" a > year or so ago. But there's no DC output at all today, and the fans are > running so there is AC power... > I also have the original H7861 that came with it, which had a blo

Re: H786 power supply help wanted

2019-03-30 Thread Charles via cctalk
Update: I removed the H786 from the chassis, and set it up on the workbench with loads on the +5 and +12. No output. 320V across the half-bridge, but no +12 Startup. Found I had forgotten to put a cliplead to the primary of the startup transformer. Turned it on and it works... 5 and 12 volts into

Re: H786 power supply help wanted

2019-03-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 03/30/2019 07:50 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote: Update: I removed the H786 from the chassis, and set it up on the workbench with loads on the +5 and +12. No output. 320V across the half-bridge, but no +12 Startup. Found I had forgotten to put a cliplead to the primary of the startup transform