On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:24 PM Kyle Owen <kylevo...@gmail.com> wrote: > If anyone here does get one, I've got a simple Arduino UNO program that > interfaces to the parallel output and sends fully decoded information over > USB at quite high speeds.
I'm interested in that! I was designing one in my head this weekend. Much better to stand on the shoulders of giants! > I'm also working on getting a cable made to hook up to the M843 CR8-E > punched card reader interface for the PDP-8/E, but that's a project for > another day (year?). I have an M8291 CR-11 board (untested) but no cable. Same cable as the M843 AFAIK (documented as such). The interesting thing about my M-200 is it has a factory mod - a 6802-based parallel-serial board, mounted on an internal 44-pin 0.156"-spacing connector, so rather than remove that and use an external cable, I have the option of making my own card for the socket with a 40-pin Berg connector and using a straight 40-pin cable to the M8291 or M843. But since mine is punched-cards only (not mark-sense cards), I'm not that likely to punch a lot of card decks for mine. Once I read 3-4 decks for a local buddy, I don't really have "next use" for my reader. -ethan