So, I've come across an odd book that might interest some here: "Achieving
Accuray: A Legacy of Computers and Missiles", by Marshall William McMurray.
The first couple of chapters merely re-tell the story of earliest computers
(pre-elecronic and electronic), up through the IBM 701, Elliott 401, NC
Noel Chiappa wrote:
> Competent, but nothing special. Then it
> gets interesting, though.
> MONROBOT III (!!),
Yes, the Monrobot is particularly interesting
because (among other things) it was reviewed
in the New Yorker magazine.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/03/19/portable-robot
Bil
> Yes, the Monrobot is particularly interesting
> because (among other things) it was reviewed
> in the New Yorker magazine.
>
> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/03/19/portable-robot
That must have been quite a machine to beat a person five times in Tic Tac
Toe. Even the WOPR couldn't do t
Hi, I'm looking for documentation on the MSV11-R; there's next to nothing
online. (An -11/84 manual gives config, but that's all I cam find.) There is
an 'MSV11-R User Guide' (EK-MSV1R-UG), but it's not online; I don't suppose
anyone out there has one?
I'm trying to confirm an online report that i
Never heard of it, but if you want me to try plugging it into my BA23
let me know. What's the worst that could happen :-)
C
On 5/6/2020 4:23 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
Hi, I'm looking for documentation on the MSV11-R; there's next to nothing
online. (An -11/84 manual gives config, but
Hmmm. Smoke???
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John H. Reinhardt
On 5/6/2020 3:30 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
Never heard of it, but if you want me to try plugging it into my BA23 let me
know. What's the worst that could happen :-)
C
On 5/6/2020 4:23 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
Hi, I'm looking for docume
In case you didn’t already have this info...
http://pdp-11.nl/fieldguide.html
This site has a doc “ Field guide to Q bus and unibus options“ modules and it’s
listed as a Q bus 3rd party option as follows...
MSV11-R Q General Robotics 4Mb 22-bit memory, MSV11-p compatible
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> From: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa)
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> Subject: Odd book
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>
> So, I've come across an odd book that might interest some here: "Achieving
> Accuray: A Legacy of Comput
here is a picture of the board
http://www.aceware.com.au/acms/ExpandThumbnail.asp?str640_480Image='images%2FInvent%2FGeneralRoboticsMSV_11R.jpg'
The link doesn't work but this does.
http://www.aceware.com.au/acms/images/Invent/GeneralRoboticsMSV_11R.jpg
Maybe it's PMI memory without ECC? I count 18 bits across which seems
like the MSV11-Q parity memory.
Does it say PMI on the side?
C
Ok. I think this is a picture of it:
http://www.aceware.com.au/acms/images/Invent/GeneralRoboticsMSV_11R.jpg
However if it is PMI then it does not have ECC. That's more like a
MSV11-Q type memory.
C
On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 1:23 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm looking for documentation on the MSV11-R; there's next to nothing
> online. (An -11/84 manual gives config, but that's all I cam find.) There is
> an 'MSV11-R User Guide' (EK-MSV1R-UG), but it's not online; I don't suppose
>
Cool, but can't see without logging in. Was the other pic wrong?
C
Photos of an actual DEC M7458 MSV11-R, not some random 3rd party
board, on this thread:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?55636-MSV11-R-dipswitch-settings
Would love to see it, I have such a machine in the queue for restoration.
Marc
> On Apr 30, 2020, at 5:49 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> From time to time there are posts here about the Facit N4000 paper
> tape punch/reader unit. The one that looks like a Facit 4070 with a
> tape reade
One is a DEC M7458 MSV11-R, the other is from a 3rd party "General Robotics
Corp." according to the printing on the board, which apparently happens to
share the same model name.
On Wed, May 6, 2020, 3:57 PM Chris Zach via cctalk
wrote:
> Cool, but can't see without logging in. Was the other pic
> I'm trying to confirm an online report that [the MSV11-R is] a PMI card;
I can confirm that the DEC MSV11-R is a PMI card. I own two and have used them
with my KDJ11-B.
The vcfed.org thread linked by someone else was actually started by me when I
purchased them and couldn't find dipswitch setti
> From: Chris Zach
> http://www.aceware.com.au/acms/images/Invent/GeneralRoboticsMSV_11R.jpg
I don't know what that is, but it's not an MSV11-R. Here:
https://gunkies.org/wiki/File:MSV11-R.jpg
is an MSV11-R.
> Maybe it's PMI memory without ECC? I count 18 bits across which seems
> But I agree that given the 18 chips, [the MSV11-R is] probably parity.
The link below is a screenshot from the onboard KDJ11-B 'print a memory map'
function. It confirms the DEC MSV11-R is recognized as parity.
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=37954&d=1493018113
Aaron
Well, I pulled the E2 op-amp and replaced it with a NOS one of the same
model. Put the supply together and now I am getting -17 volts on pins E2
to ground (E10).
I'm thinking of just replacing the power transistor Q12 with a 7912 -12v
regulator that I have here and bypassing the whole op amp/t
Thanks!
Marc
> On May 2, 2020, at 4:49 AM, David Collins via cctech
> wrote:
>
> I've pulled together details of the controller used with an HP2748 paper
> tape reader to dump a bunch of tapes from the HP Computer Museum's collection
> with the help of J. David Bryan.
>
> The details are at
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