Re: Motorola EXORciser M6800 System

2020-04-21 Thread osi.superboard via cctalk
Hi David, do you have Micromodule Manuals for the 6800 and 6809 single boards? Cheers Thomas Am 21.04.2020 um 17:30 schrieb David Christiansen via cctalk: 6800 manuals? I think I have all the wanted manuals physical + a lot more on the boards.. Also a lot of the boards + an Exorciser 1

Re: Looking for a document regarding PDP8

2020-04-21 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
I found the referenced paper, wrong authors - it was Bell and Casasent, in a cache paper, a bit earlier than 78 On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 9:17 PM Bob Smith wrote: > > Nice! > BUT no my BigMac is a Mac Pro 1,1 tweaked with TB of disk with my old > files on it. > I call it BigMac cause it is about

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2020-Apr-21, at 8:35 PM, Chris Zach wrote: >> The D8 5V ref and the targetted output V are divided via R15 and R17,R18 to >> provide the sense input at E2.2. >> If one does the R ratio of the three resistors, it comes out, as would be >> expected, to ~ 0V. > > Ah hah, that is clever. I

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
The D8 5V ref and the targetted output V are divided via R15 and R17,R18 to provide the sense input at E2.2. If one does the R ratio of the three resistors, it comes out, as would be expected, to ~ 0V. Ah hah, that is clever. I wonder if the .8 volts means the output is higher than what

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2020-Apr-21, at 5:27 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Meantime reading the manual I found an interesting test: If you short emitter > to base on Q4 (easiest way is to jumper diode D10) the voltage on the -12v > supply goes to .4 volts. They're saying it's E2, R15,R17,R14. > > Is there a

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Meantime reading the manual I found an interesting test: If you short emitter to base on Q4 (easiest way is to jumper diode D10) the voltage on the -12v supply goes to .4 volts. They're saying it's E2, R15,R17,R14. Is there a way I can test the op-amp in circuit? Maybe it's dead. C On

Re: World's most frustrating FTGH giveaway - Palm Pilot box

2020-04-21 Thread Paxton Hoag via cctalk
Hi Mark, I haven't looked a the Classic Computer List in a couple of months so please forgive this late post. I would be interested in the box and contents. I collect Palm Pilots and have one to put in the box. If it is still available I could send you my address. I would be happy to pay

Univac 490 Gallery Talk - 1963 Real Time Computer

2020-04-21 Thread rar via cctalk
The System Source Computer Museum is closed due to COVID-19, so we are making some video gallery talks. Here is the first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7aVCc2GP8 The video describes some of the applications of this 57 year old computer including it original use at Goddard Space

Re: Motorola EXORciser M6800 System

2020-04-21 Thread dwight via cctalk
You should also ask on the vcf forum. There are a number of 6800 people there. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of David Christiansen via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 9:30 AM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Motorola EXORciser M6800 System 6800

Re: Pdp11/05 boot media

2020-04-21 Thread Malcolm Macleod via cctalk
> Hi everybody > > I'm the proud owner of a PDP11/05 system with a couple of 8" floppy drives. I believe they are likely to be RX01s. > > Does anybody on the list have some boot media that they could provide. I understand that the controller can't format > the disks so I'm in a

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
I wonder if I would go straight to hell if I just pulled the Q12 transistor and wired in a 12 volt wall wart between ground (J2-2) and +12 (ground) to get -12 C On 4/21/2020 5:36 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Ok, some test results below. 1) Are we sure J2-2 should be -12? It really

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Ok, some test results below. 1) Are we sure J2-2 should be -12? It really seems to like being -15. 2) The voltage across the zener diode there is a nice solid -3.8-3.9v. It appears to be a germanium diode (.1v drop across, both directions) I could disconnect it and see if that makes things

Re: pdp11/84 PMI memory: What is the problem with Q bus?

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Thanks Mark! Actually this was just the boards from the 11/84 (no idea what happened to the chassis, drat) so it's an 11/84 CPU (18mhz, FPP chip installed), 2 PMI boards (one old 2mb, one new 1mb) a console board of some sort and the Unibus map. I popped this into my BA23 to speed things up a

Re: Pdp11/05 boot media

2020-04-21 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:32 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > Yes, that's assuming you have a PC with an FDC capable of > writing/formatting FM floppies. > > --Chuck Since nobody has mentioned it in this thread already Dave Dunfield's TestFDC is good for finding out if the FDC in a PC is

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
It's conceivable there was a revision change where the -12V was changed to -15V, but it does seem unlikely. The -12 is used by the vertical deflection circuit, the CRT filament, (and the RS-232). Well, vertical deflection seems to be my problem so this may make sense. Until I figure this

pdp11/84 PMI memory: What is the problem with Q bus?

2020-04-21 Thread Mark Matlock via cctalk
> > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:29:44 -0400 > From: Chris Zach > To: CCTalk mailing list > Subject: pdp11/84 PMI memory: What is the problem with Q bus? > Message-ID: <3efa4105-3d3d-bb98-0358-8c46fca0f...@alembic.crystel.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > So I

RE: pdp11/84 PMI memory: What is the problem with Q bus?

2020-04-21 Thread Mark Matlock via cctalk
> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 15:29:44 -0400 > From: Chris Zach > To: CCTalk mailing list > Subject: pdp11/84 PMI memory: What is the problem with Q bus? > Message-ID: <3efa4105-3d3d-bb98-0358-8c46fca0f...@alembic.crystel.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > So I

Re: Motorola EXORciser M6800 System

2020-04-21 Thread David Christiansen via cctalk
6800 manuals? I think I have all the wanted manuals physical + a lot more on the boards.. Also a lot of the boards + an Exorciser 1 setup with CRT interface Got a couple of ADDS Viewpoint terminals if somebody should be interested It's a last call situation as I am creatin space for newer

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Hector Peraza via cctalk
The raster seems folded at the left and at the top, which indicates a problem with both the vertical and horizontal sweep. As Mattis Lind already mentioned, the VT52 uses direct drive of the vertical and horizontal circuitry (no oscillators to synchronize) yet the character rows in the video

Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2020-Apr-21, at 7:57 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Well I'm starting to walk through this. First I took an IR picture of the > boards in operation, then started troubleshooting. > > First I started checking voltages. J2 is easily accessible so I put a ground > probe on pin 10, and

RE: HP 41-CX

2020-04-21 Thread jwest--- via cctalk
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Re: Great, my VT52 is shot.

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Well I'm starting to walk through this. First I took an IR picture of the boards in operation, then started troubleshooting. First I started checking voltages. J2 is easily accessible so I put a ground probe on pin 10, and checked voltages as follows: J2-3 Should be -5v, reading -3.8v J2-2

Re: Pdp11/05 boot media

2020-04-21 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Or someone could lend you some floppies. I have an RX02 drive here I am putting back together, right now I have it switched to emulate an RX01 with my RXV11 controller. I'll look through my floppies and see if I have some RX01 disks I can load up with RT11. C On 4/21/2020 10:15 AM, Chuck

Re: Pdp11/05 boot media

2020-04-21 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/21/20 5:02 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > Using an older version OS and PDPGUI send a tape image into RAM through the > serial port. Helps if you have a m9312 ROM board. You can make rx01 disks > using dunfield's disk utility (right?) I believe but I never actually did Yes, that's

Re: Pdp11/05 boot media

2020-04-21 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Using an older version OS and PDPGUI send a tape image into RAM through the serial port. Helps if you have a m9312 ROM board. You can make rx01 disks using dunfield's disk utility (right?) I believe but I never actually did this myself. Bill On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 5:35 AM Doug Jackson via

Pdp11/05 boot media

2020-04-21 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
Hi everybody I'm the proud owner of a PDP11/05 system with a couple of 8" floppy drives. I believe they are likely to be RX01s. Does anybody on the list have some boot media that they could provide. I understand that the controller can't format the disks so I'm in a frustrating state where I

Re: HP 41-CX

2020-04-21 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
Hi David, That certainly is a shame. For the gold plated contact to corrode so badly means large amounts of potential damage to the flexible PCB. You may be able to repair it using some brass shim - but I cant see how else to repair it. The CX was a wonderful machine - and seeing this has