Commercial AIM-65 Video Controller?
Any idea what this thing is? https://imgur.com/a/aNFiK Didn't come up with much of anything with Motion Control, Inc. I did plug it in, and it seemed to come alive. I tempted fate again and plugged a composite video source into the input, and a monitor into the output. One pot on top adjusts the vertical sync, apparently; other than making the colors slightly weird, the video came through more or less the same. The other two (marked Y and Z cal) seemed to change nothing. The switch mounted behind the pots caused the LED display to change (as seen in the pictures), though the switch mounted closer to the right side of the unit seemed to make no difference. When I get done moving, I'll dump the EPROMs and get more pictures, especially if there's sufficient interest. Thanks, Kyle
Re: Commercial AIM-65 Video Controller?
I don't believe the AIM-65 normally does color?? Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Kyle Owen via cctalk Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 10:08:32 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Commercial AIM-65 Video Controller? Any idea what this thing is? https://imgur.com/a/aNFiK Didn't come up with much of anything with Motion Control, Inc. I did plug it in, and it seemed to come alive. I tempted fate again and plugged a composite video source into the input, and a monitor into the output. One pot on top adjusts the vertical sync, apparently; other than making the colors slightly weird, the video came through more or less the same. The other two (marked Y and Z cal) seemed to change nothing. The switch mounted behind the pots caused the LED display to change (as seen in the pictures), though the switch mounted closer to the right side of the unit seemed to make no difference. When I get done moving, I'll dump the EPROMs and get more pictures, especially if there's sufficient interest. Thanks, Kyle
Re: Commercial AIM-65 Video Controller?
On May 19, 2017 10:46 PM, "dwight via cctalk" wrote: I don't believe the AIM-65 normally does color?? The AIM-65 normally does one color, which is red, on its alphanumeric LED displays.
Re: Commercial AIM-65 Video Controller?
On May 20, 2017 3:28 PM, "Eric Smith via cctalk" wrote: On May 19, 2017 10:46 PM, "dwight via cctalk" wrote: I don't believe the AIM-65 normally does color?? The AIM-65 normally does one color, which is red, on its alphanumeric LED displays. Right. This seems to have an additional number of boards that provides video input and output.
Re: Commercial AIM-65 Video Controller?
On 19/05/17 07:08, Kyle Owen via cctech wrote: Any idea what this thing is? https://imgur.com/a/aNFiK At a guess I would say it's for (sub-)titling. The text would have to go in via serial, with the colour set similarly or via the rotaries. The video generator would be simple but would have to be locked to the input sync, so that might be what the pots are for. would be red, green, would be brightness/luminance/green, and transparency, perhaps. There might also be setting for position, but I can't make them all out. Maybe it would give some sort of startup output at power on (model, version) even without serial input? -- Lawrence Wilkinson lawrence at ljw.me.uk The IBM 360/30 page http://www.ljw.me.uk/ibm360
