On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2016, william degnan wrote: > > Here's a power point pres I did at VCF-E4, this will get you started. > > Using Altair 680b front panel in basic terms is covered a few slides in. > > http://vintagecomputer.net/vcf4/How_to_Session/ > > There are some nice clean photos in that presentation. So, it was binary > with some hexadecimal addressing. I like the slide entitled "How to test > Machine Language Using a Program Listing Using Toggle Switches". That's > pretty hard core. I'm surprised they didn't at least use component > displays with LEDs to show the values rather than reading it straight off > some blinkenlights. Maybe those weren't around yet or were too expensive. > > -Swift > > Honeywell 6180 display panels: http://jimsoldtoys.blogspot.com/2016/03/honeywell-6180-system-maintenance-panel.html -- Charles