A nicely made yellow box with a rather poor manual - both lost in translation
and limited in scope.
Working on setting one to work, but can't get anything out of the serial port.
In drives the punch, and the punched data verifies (based on a QL). In also
drives the printer, although somewhat
t will need to search.
-Eric
On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 4:56 PM Martin Bishop via cctalk
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
A nicely made yellow box with a rather poor manual - both lost in translation
and limited in scope.
Working on setting one to work, but can't get anything out o
Remove all but the first jumper, and that may help with your issues. I
> found at one point the jumper settings, but will need to search.
>
> -Eric
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 4:56 PM Martin Bishop via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
umper, and that may help with your issues. I found at
one point the jumper settings, but will need to search.
-Eric
On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 4:56 PM Martin Bishop via cctalk
mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
A nicely made yellow box with a rather poor manual - both lost in translation
a
Fred
You have a good measure of my problem.
As for my expertise: its 40 years since I left schoool with a PhD in Signal
Processing, I'm currently designing with Xilinx Zynqs, and if the RS232 driver
has to be pulled there is a Pace SX-80 on the bench in the workshop.
I have a pair of light box
move all but the first jumper, and that may help with your issues. I
> found at one point the jumper settings, but will need to search.
>
> -Eric
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 4:56 PM Martin Bishop via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> > A nicely
help with your issues. I found at
one point the jumper settings, but will need to search.
-Eric
On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 4:56 PM Martin Bishop via cctalk
wrote:
A nicely made yellow box with a rather poor manual - both lost in translation
and limited in scope.
Working on setting one to work,
optimistic ...
Martin
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
via cctalk
Sent: 10 April 2022 03:29
To: Martin Bishop via cctalk
Subject: Re: Fanuc PPR - Paper Tape Punch, Printer and Reader : Not quite
working
On 4/9/22 17:26, Martin
Chuck
My error, you said 20 mA current loop, I bowdlerised it as parallel port. I
have a punch with a parallel interface ... I can't recollect ever using a
current loop interface on equipment, although I have met many in old documents.
4 .. 20 mA current loops reporting e.g. pressure actuate
Eric
Thanks for the link and insight.
$11, $12, $13, $14 $1B, $93 - preface with $1B (esc) and all should be well.
Martin
From: Eric Moore [mailto:mooreeric...@gmail.com]
Sent: 10 April 2022 20:23
To: Martin Bishop
Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Fanuc PPR
rst jumper, and that may help with your issues. I
> found at one point the jumper settings, but will need to search.
>
> -Eric
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 4:56 PM Martin Bishop via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> > A nicely made yellow box
Rob
I would imagine that an 11/24 CPU is at least a 4 layer board, with power
planes and hopefully thermal reliefs at pins connected to a plane. The pins
you will be having difficulty with are most likely on the Gnd or Vcc plane. I
often leave those pins for last, once in the groove. And, I'
If the Klein cutters are too bulky, you may care to investigate.
Lindstrom 7191 https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/cutters/3320341 are the usu first
resort small cutters - they should be fine enough for 0.1" pitch ICs.
A finer pair are Bondline 1570
https://www.bondline.co.uk/product/hand-tools-and
An update on my fight with the PPR, also one of its cousins.
https://www.cnczone.com/forums/general-cnc-machine-related-electronics/430874-cnc-engineering.html#post2505622
covers my RFI to the CNC community and provides a few pictures of a 19" rack
reader integrated with a Zynq; load binary tape
Not to forget the practice, found in places where clock(s) may be set to Zulu
(as in UTC timezone), of indicating the datum by a Z with a vertical bar /
slash through it - often below the 12 and about 30% of the size of the clock
face, or centred and somewhat larger. Horizontal and no bar optio
XXDP is based on DOS-11 file structures.
Some documentary sources FoMT.
TU58 examples of XXDP binaries, and much more, can be found at
https://www.ak6dn.com/PDP-11/TU58/ the .txt files contain file structure and
directory listings.
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/dectape/tu58/EK-0TU
I had dysfunctional switches on a heating system timer. The trade advice since
replacements were unobtanium was open them up and clean the contacts with
switch cleaner. The contacts were two "gold" plated pads bridged by pressing
down conductive plastic with a textured finish : same design as
http://www.retrocmp.com/tools/pdp-11-diagnostic-database/202-pdp-11-diagnostics-database
Has info on ZQRC binaries and .bic / .bin images - loading is of course XFU.
The .bic image is (essentially) in absolute binary paper tape format, which may
or may not help with loading.
ZQRC has been extra
Philip
A kind offer of DEC stuff to those of us in the UK
May I express an interest in things Q-bus, LSI-11 and paper tape : other than
any PT stuff, primarily backplanes, CPUs, memory and serial cards. I'm
looking for components for Q-bus test rigs. Storage hardware and interfaces I
shall
Google turns up very little specific information on either of these devices,
e.g. nil return from bit savers.
The best leads I have are:
- The UTR 700 was badge engineered by Ferranti into FM1600B systems, one of
which fetched up at the Centre for Computer History, Cambridge, England;
perhaps w
Errata : Trend UDR 700, not UTR
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From: Martin Bishop via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 11 July 2022 00:25
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts (cctalk@classiccmp.org)
Cc: Martin Bishop
Subject: Information on Trend UTR 700 Paper Tape
The Facit 4060 appears to be from the 1968 - 1969 period
The Trend UTR 700 from ~1980, based on IC date codes
Martin
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From: ED SHARPE via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 11 July 2022 08:02
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: ED SHARPE
Subject: Re: Information on
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 7:32 AM Martin Bishop via cctalk
wrote:
>
> Google turns up very little specific information on either of these devices,
> e.g. nil return from bit savers.
>
> The best leads I have are:
> - The UTR 700 was badge engineered by Ferranti into FM1600B syste
Andrew / David,
I'm in Dorset and could collect anytime from this evening (Fri 2 Sep 22) on
through the w/e
The 1" tape is of particular use to me (punches to feed), the DEC brochures I
would also value, the other consumables I would redistribute for you (via
ClassicCmp)
Best Regards
Martin
IMHO, AI is bull
Martin
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From: Paul Koning via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 13 November 2022 15:10
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: Paul Koning
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Inline Serial Device?
> On Nov 12, 2022, at 1:08 PM, Anders Nelson via cctalk
> wrote:
Have you run any (paper tape) diagnostics ? I genuflect to paper tape as XXDP
and TU58 diagnostics are broadly a continuum from the paper tape days. The
seminal 11/40 diagnostics are broadly applicable to all machines (noting that
some addressing modes were implementation dependent ...) and th
Folks
The following job lots are available as described but untested, stored in the
attic / house since last use : UMMV
Lot A : Matsui B&W 13" 1420T SIL UHF & Scart 230V
(may be useful as a retro monitor esp as exhibit)
[operable when last in service ~?]
Lot B : Samsung CLP-350 A4 Color Laser E
ft...@janefield.net (NOT .org)
Martin
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From: Martin Bishop via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 03 December 2022 18:07
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts (cctalk@classiccmp.org)
Cc: Martin Bishop
Subject: [cctalk] Peripherals available
Steve
You will find some additional write up of the DLV11J (M9740) in
LSI11SeytemsServiceManualAug81.pdf page no ~270 et seq
see e.g.
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/LSI-11_Systems_Service_Manual_Aug81.pdf
However, additional enlightenment is limited to the cab kit and MP part
numbers, e.g.
Peter
If you are still listening through the "on topic" noise - see below
Martin
>>I had something similar with a VT220. I didn't get around to investigating
>>it before the flyback transformer failed :-(
>>I can only suggest to run it for a short time with the cover off and the
>>lights out
Folks - wishing all a Good New Year
Ben
The first ingredient must be a printer with a a suitable font table, in these
times of soft fonts that should be a given or tractable.
The second element is to convert to and use an MCS / multibyte character
representation - which can differentiate _ ^ and
Ben
I think you have the essence of a solution, using the Unix filter paradigm at
user or driver level.
Your desire to retain the original file format(s) is very sensible, it is
always best to record "raw" data - for the greatest fidelity.
The ISO 7-layer model provides a paradigm for data transp
Can't find very much information about the PDP-11 System Identification
Register : RO at 7764
The occasional processor handbook says not implemented or the 11/xy reports num.
Interogative : information sources, e.g. a tabulation of known values
Martin
Paul
Some options for consideration, not all meeting your specific requirement
https://www.pctestinstruments.com/index.asp 34b wide, sync (200 MS/s) or async
(500 MS/s) operation, fights with Win11 - driver upgrade required
Had one for ~15 years, now has a few dead channels, merits consideratio
g, buffering and
displaying would be done by the tool chain.
--
Sytse
From: Martin Bishop via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 14 March 2023 07:51
https://digilent.com/shop/digital-discovery-portable-usb-logic-analyzer-and-digital-pattern-generator/
32 ch at 200 MS/s and pl
Can anyone point me to the source paper tapes for the classic Paper Tape
Software programmes packages ?
The IOX, ODT, FPMP and loader/dumper source paper tapes [e.g.
DEC-11-XIOXA-A-PA1 & 2] are on bit savers, but those for the assemblers /
linkers seem not to be.
That the assembler / linker so
The detail of each monitor (11/03, 11/23+, KXT-11) differs, and the LSI-11/03
was an early design.
However, some monitor source code is available and will provide definitive
answers; see e.g.
-
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp11/1121/EK-KXTCA-HR-001_KXT11-CA_ROM_Listing_198406.pd
This is a good place to start to look for
papertapes.
Bill
On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 7:39 AM Martin Bishop via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Can anyone point me to the source paper tapes for the classic Paper
> Tape Software programmes packages ?
>
> The IOX, ODT,
Led Driver ICs may merit consideration, e.g.
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/led-driver-ics/7377975 for 20 mA. However, they
usu have a not insignificant voltage drop (a few Volts). I have used lots of
10 mA versions for sensing switch / relay closures, typically with an ACPL-217
as sense elem
https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/embedded-controllers-and-super-io
https://www.microchip.com/en-us/parametric-search.html/674
>From a QL 0.5 mm pitch QFP will be as good as it gets, and a lot of the parts
>are NRFND, EoL, etc
Interesting that these parts continue to exist.
Ano option w
The puches I have knowledge of do all 9 holes.
Similarly, the blank tape stock (of my acquaintance) is unpunched.
Martin
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From: William Sudbrink via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 08 June 2023 17:34
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Cc:
It is called feedback - directly given but fair and polite.
Delays, filtering, non-linearities, distortion, etc reduce its effectiveness.
Martin
PS I shall omit, as unnecessary, a discourse on the benefits of feedback
-Original Message-
From: Tom Hunter via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classic
50 pin DD connectors are alive and well on the backplanes of some day job ATRs
with new electronics in the old VME form factor. 3 x 16 STPs pass through them
very nicely en route to front panel connectors. Both dense, decently robust
and legacy compliant.
More generally, if you have access to
You just did use it to play "audio" :<)
The 6 us settling time corresponds to a sampling rate of ~167 kHz, not that you
will ever get there or would wish to.
The theoretical (real) sampling rate required for a given bandwith is Fs = 2
Bw. That requires brick wall filters and it is a lot of wor
text to speech
of 1980's (i.e. contemporary period) standard.
Have fun
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Douglas Taylor via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 10 July 2023 02:20
To: Martin Bishop via cctalk
Cc: Douglas Taylor
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Talking PDP11
Wow! Actu
For info on DAC internals, have a look at
https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/analog-digital-conversion-1986.html
Part 2 details basic A/D & D/A architectures
Current output converters are:
- less common than voltage output DACs
- and, if a ladder conversion architecture is use
You could try an AMD (ex Xilinx) logic analyser ...
Basically, use the logic analysis capabilities provided (free) by FPGA OEMs to
construct a DIY LA. In brief, the LA is in the FPGA libraries / GUI, you do of
course have to wire them up both inside (Vivado) and outside (level shifters
and cop
Package type, pin count, date code, other hints
Either number might be a yyww date code, one of them probably is
Giggle offers numerous responses to 7536 IC and 8220 IC
Old enough they mght be in an IC cross reference book
Good luck
Martin
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From: Holm Tiffe via cctal
Some of the Analog Devices Sharcs have similar interconnection topologies, e.g.
the ADSP-21160 had six bytewide link ports, doubtless an expressio of the
sincerest form of flatery.
Subsequent Sharcs were more targeted to single DSP functionality.
The baremetal 12 Sharc boards I worked on were
>Did Algol in general have memory leaks?,or is just C and Windows.
This is very much from recollection of programming in Algol 60 & 68, 40+ years
ago.
Algol60 did not have heap storage or pointers IIRC Therefore no potential for
memory leaks
Algol68R had fairly agressive garbage collection,
The UK Concorde heritage sites may provide contacts / answers
e.g. https://www.heritageconcorde.com/duxford
Martin
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From: Shoppa, Tim via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 16 September 2023 16:53
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: Shoppa, Tim
Subject: [cctalk] Co
100% disagree, Verilog and SV are bad tools - very easy to do a bad job with -
penknife grade.
Verilog however is very c like in that it is untyped and prone to all the
consequent tar pits; see above.
VHDL is a good tool which is typed and like the Algol family of languages
precludes many foll
Mike
The level you are working at, inspecting busses, is not really where C like
tools are targeted - however ...
I shall infer that an 8/E debug board has the functionality of a bus monitor /
logic analyser front end.
The recent discussion <> covered
a lot of similar ground : worth reviewing
Chuck,
Your point is wholly valid, although the core will run more at 1 GHz than 200
MHz.
The UniBone http://retrocmp.com/projects/unibone is a UniBus board capable of
monitoring the unibus and of emulating CPU / rotating rust / memory / ... With
the bulk of the logic in c on an Arm Processor
Mike
An M0 will require an FPGA below it to interact with the OmniBus
A BeagleBone, using the PRUs - which are ~microcoded, would be in with more of
a chance
Industrial grade SoCs / FPGAs should have no difficulty
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Mike Katz via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@cla
mpiler
> On Sep 22, 2023, at 3:59 PM, Martin Bishop via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> 100% disagree, Verilog and SV are bad tools - very easy to do a bad job with
> - penknife grade.
>
> Verilog however is very c like in that it is untyped and prone to all the
> consequent ta
Mike
A key factor is that 60 years have passed:
- the PDP8/E (and its chums) were core store machines
- the bus time slots are 300 + 250 + 350 + 300 ns = 1200 ns [T1 T2 T3 T4
phases of core access]
- FPGA fabric can trivially run at 100 MHz, and talk to an AXI bus + Arm
Core
ll so I can go to full surface mount if I have to but
that will increase the cost of the boards.
On 9/22/2023 6:53 PM, Martin Bishop via cctalk wrote:
> Mike
>
> An M0 will require an FPGA below it to interact with the OmniBus
>
> A BeagleBone, using the PRUs - which are ~microcoded
Paul
A Zynq '30 has 125,000 Logic Cells, a ZU4EG has 192,000 logic cells. Both can
be synthesised with the free tools. You may of course get more LCs on a
supported FPGA, vice SoC.
Logic cell is a marketing term, the engineering equivalent would be "LUT4 +
FF". Google assures me that a Logi
Once upon a time DS... was (other things apart) Dallas, then Maxim, now Analog
Devices.
Mouser says DS 1553 & DS1643 are obsolete. However, there appears to be
aftermarket activity:
- https://www.radwell.co.uk/en-GB/Search/?q=ds1553
- https://www.radwell.co.uk/en-GB/Search/?q=ds1643
- which im
The valve audio afficionados / suppliers also offer both wisdom and components,
e.g.
https://skillbank.co.uk/psu/ and many other sites / blogs
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Power-Supplies-Amplifiers-Second/dp/0956154549
https://shop.elsevier.com/books/valve-amplifiers/jones/978-0-08-096640
The cost of implementing a linear regulator will be modest, measured in £s
rather than 10's for the components. Much of the actual cost will be in the
pin board layout; FWIW I have found 3 mm PTFE sheet, drilled as required and
fitted with crimp castle posts works nicely.
One merit of (wide ra
EK-DCJ11-UG-Pre DCJ11 Microprocessor User's Guide says it will abort [the first
processor guide on the shelf]
$4.5.2.2 (p4-7) Page Length Field ... "The block number of the virtual address
is compared against the page length field to detect length errors" ...
$4.7.1 MMR0 <14> Abort Page Length
OK, a faux descriptor would work round the documented checks which are on block
number rather than EA - there is a hardware overide
I'm delighted to hear that RSTS won't play along and set up for EA overflow
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Paul Koning [mailto:paulkon...@comcast.net]
Se
Sceptical that MSF is a jammer for WWVB in North America.
DCF (77k5, German) commonly provides better signal strength / reception than
MSF in the UK.
However, if RF is involved ...
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 15 Janu
Ah, PPC VME cards, add VXworks, funky coprocessors, COTS IO and you have
definitely got something best avoided : details would involve libations.
The conduction cooled chassis are OK and worth repurposing. Contrariwise the
VME bus is best avoided, whether classic 32b VME or the 64 bit revision.
<>
One standard work is "The First Computers : History and Architectures"
Ed Rojas, et al
MIT Press; 2002; ISBN 0-262-68137-4
US : 5 sections
Germany : 7 sections
UK : 5 sections
Japan : 2 sections
as an indication of activity
<>
In the UK context, where there is on-line documentation of the IC
Would an optical paper tape reader pass muster ;<) ...
FWIW mine has variable sped and stop pedal capabilities, so you can be fairly
gentle / careful - the feed arrangements are most important
Museum donations can be done well, see eg
https://history.dcs.ed.ac.uk/archive/pdp8/ProgrammesAndManua
>> I would love to see a PDP-8 with 1/2 size flip chips using today's smaller
>> logic.
Can you get the logic ? Especially the bus / backplane driving parts.
https://retrocmp.com/projects/qbone/326-qbone-unibone-alternative-bus-drivers
Q-bus transceivers (DS8641 being a classic) are unobtaini
The Great Western Railway is said to have used the Swindon DO staff to pose
their resturant and buffet car shots
Martin
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From: Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 17 March 2024 15:44
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: Nigel Johnson Ham
Subject
https://www.rapidonline.com/assmann-wsw-a-20141-6-pin-rj12-socket-black-50-1451
Not an MMJ socket, but a cousin - the key is central not offset, and perhaps a
different footprint / orientation (but not all that is available)
- something like this might match the PCB footprint, but require retermin
Mouser pass the SN7404 test https://www.mouser.co.uk/c/?q=sn7404
SN74LS https://www.mouser.co.uk/c/?q=sn74ls&instock=y&normallystocked=y brings
up 381 lines in stock; doubtless lots of package / packaging duplicates
DS8641 (Q/U bus transceiver) and suchlike are of course quite another story :
rfgh
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From: Guy Fedorkow via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 03 April 2024 16:02
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: Guy Fedorkow
Subject: [cctalk] Re: oscilloscopes
Vintage computer enthusiasts might want to keep track of where to find
CRT-based analog oscillos
Ignore my last - incontinence or is it incompetence
A fairly ordinary GPU, in a PC, could almost certainly provide an XY display
with Z fade (long persistance phosphor). I use them for waterfall displays and
they keep up - the data does of course arrive by E'net.
Equally, FPGAs / SOCs can impl
A little digging later ... I implemented the waterfall display eight years
ago, outputing to a 1280 x 1024 monitor. 1920 x 1080 was supported, but I was
outputing 1 Ki pt FFTs. The hardware platform was a Xilinx Zynq.
An indication of 4k video capabilities is
https://xilinx-wiki.atlassian.ne
It looks as though Decitek remain in business http://www.decitek.com/index.html
Scan of a series 700 reader manual on bitsavers
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/decitek/
On an optical reader, I would not recon the capstan running at power on as
unusual - a pinch roller which engages for drive and a
at Decitek still exists. I will write them.
Micha
Martin Bishop via cctalk wrote:
> It looks as though Decitek remain in business
> http://www.decitek.com/index.html
>
> Scan of a series 700 reader manual on bitsavers
> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/decitek/
>
> On an optica
ly RS-485 is not in the legacy category
Numeric gloup
Martin
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From: Jon Elson via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 16 May 2024 22:20
To: Martin Bishop via cctalk
Cc: Jon Elson
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Papertape-Reader Decitek 442A9: need manual/schematics
On
https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/tiny-tapeout-7-readies-open-source-z80-design/
May be of interest both in the context of the Z80 and other unobtanium silicon
The lead time is long, ~6 months
Martin
Bill
A few years ago I took your advice on interfacing a Fanuc tape reader without
reels, it has happily read tapes to its host since then.
The interface card was the common A20B-007-0750/07B, with 24V, 5V & Gnd on
CNT3, and IO signals on CNT1.
Notably the 24V currents can be high, eg 1A2 when i
From the US, the UK is (probably), in Europe ?
Beyond simply using US wire / sizes, and ignoring the definition of wire/cable,
the main things you can source in the UK are:
Tri rated wire
https://www.elandcables.com/cables/tri-rated-h05v2-k-h07v2-k-cable#ProductListing
0.5 mm sq and up
UK MoD
Tony
Thank you for responding to this query earlier, as you did to my query in
Summer '22.
I have had a quick "go" at compressing the big pdfs, brute force Acrobat Pro
looks not to cut it, to avoid pixelation the circuits require little
compression and to reduce volume the text requires more c
The Centre for Computing History at Cambridge, UK have have a UDR700
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/16227/Ferranti-Paper-Tape-Reader/ and
interface drawings for a Ferranti FM1600B; I believe they also have the machine
: all extracted from HMS Dryad in the 90's IIRC. With notice they ca
Ben
I shall simply comment that for a useless language it did a lot of good, signal
processing, work for me all but 50 years ago
As an example, you could define matrix operators with parametric dimensions and
write complex matrix (Riccati) equations "naturally". The code was easy to
verify, i
Mike
Thank you for assembling this information - a very useful resouce; I must find
time to play in the sand box.
In the list of influences you could meaningfully add VHDL, broadly from the
same stable as Ada, and riddled with Algol (68) influences. Even if it suffers
from end if etc - why no
Interestingly, I moved on from Fortran IV to Algol68; perhaps Fortran II would
have been a more compelling offering
Martin
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From: ben via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 13 January 2025 23:27
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: ben
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Try Algo
Links or OEM / part numbers would be very helpful - Galco have a big warehouse
VMTiA
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Ed via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 17 January 2025 12:17
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: Ed
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Fanuc Tape Reader PECs 1980's - Connector
Many Thanks; Just ordered something similar - these guys don't ship to the UK
Martin
-Original Message-
From: Chuck Guzis via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 17 January 2025 17:05
To: Martin Bishop via cctalk
Cc: Chuck Guzis
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Fanuc Tape Reader
As you will have gathered my interest is in their paper tape readers, and to
date I have found nothing better than the maintenance / operators manuals.
PEC schematics, and listings/source for their final reel to reel would be
paydirt
Best Regards
Martin
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From: Jon E
Identification
On 1/17/25 7:06 AM, Martin Bishop via cctalk wrote:
> Links or OEM / part numbers would be very helpful - Galco have a big
> warehouse
>
> VMTiA
>
> Martin
It was several years ago, no longer have part numbers. Searched for Fanuc cable
connectors.
Ed.
ds
Martin
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From: Jon Elson via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 17 January 2025 15:07
To: Martin Bishop via cctalk
Cc: Jon Elson
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Fanuc Tape Reader PECs 1980's - Connector Identification
On 1/16/25 16:07, Martin Bishop via cctalk wrote:
lson via cctalk wrote:
> On 1/16/25 16:07, Martin Bishop via cctalk wrote:
>> 1980's Fanuc tape reader PECs are fitted with two families of
>> connector I am unfamiliar with : one is used for power and the other
>> for signal connections -further detail and pictures in t
herals of the period
Martin
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From: Doc Shipley via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 17 January 2025 08:23
To: Martin Bishop via cctalk
Cc: Doc Shipley
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Fanuc Tape Reader PECs 1980's - Connector Identification
I don't have any
1980's Fanuc tape reader PECs are fitted with two families of connector I am
unfamiliar with : one is used for power and the other for signal connections
-further detail and pictures in the following VCF post
No joy on Burndy website or at BitSavers - wisdom gratefully received
https://forum.vc
Sid
If it serves any purpose I could read the 5 track tape, I have a 5/6/8 hole
sprocket drive reader - in Dorset, UK - and an 8 hole friction drive reader
(perhaps kinder on tapes, but n/a in this instance).
Martin
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From: Sid Jones via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccm
R6 (SP) is a magic register in the PDP-11 architecture.
Its use is baked into JSR, RTS, MARK, BPT, RTI, etc, traps and aborts.
You are quite correct that all registers provide address inc/dec
However, some instructions / actions (eg aborts) make implicit use of SP
Martin
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Once upon a time - 35 - 45 years ago - I had the pleasure (sic) of working with:
https://archive.org/details/TNM_Versatec_printers_and_plotters_-_Versatec_a_X_20180227_0009
for temperamental plots of telemetry traces
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404623414575 manual for sale
EPC Graphic Recorder 16
For a Meta Assembler you may find
https://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/book/wintim/index.html useful, its useable and
the source is available (as VS6 C++).
If you have AmdAsm sources, esp suitable for building with gcc, I would be
interested in making their acquaintance.
You may find FPGAs and their
If you are doing "industrial" IO the first thing you need is galvanic
isolation, the second is usually sone of Ethernet, Can bus and 24V bit IO. The
24V IO can be done with optos and (LED) constant current sources. There are 8
pin Can bus drivers with dual supplies and isolation. Plus, any (l
One FPGA will easily do a VLIW sequencer + scalar mills (one or more, memory /
MAC assemblies) or a simple processor
Something like https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005779045608.html provides a
wholly adequate platform for a microcoded processor, with lots of 3v3 IO for
external logic analys
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