Re: RC11 controller (Was: Reproduction DEC 144-lamp indicator panels)

2021-12-09 Thread Guy Sotomayor via cctalk
On 12/9/21 8:15 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: One could perhaps emulate the RS64 data stream using a fast-enough micro, ala the MFM emulator. Why does everyone seem to want to emulate HW like this with a micro when a reasonable FPGA implementation with some external FRAM would do the

Re: RC11 controller (Was: Reproduction DEC 144-lamp indicator panels)

2021-12-09 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 12/9/2021 7:49 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Steven Malikoff > Was there ever an indicator panel for the RC11? .. I have a set of RC11 > modules .. No backplane though. I've not found any docs for these, I suppose > they're probably on bitsavers and have

Re: Reproduction DEC 144-lamp indicator panels

2021-12-09 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 4:47 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > - the DX11 (I don't think anyone's got one of those) Technically correct, I have _two_. But alas nothing to connect them to. -tony

Re: Overland T490 cartridge tape drive and autoloader

2021-12-09 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 12/9/21 3:20 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: Many years ago, a friend gave me an Overland T490 tape drive which has some kind of autoloader attached which takes ten tapes. I was told it came out of a Tandem system. The tapes are square cartridges similar but different to a DEC TK50. I

Re: RC11 controller (Was: Reproduction DEC 144-lamp indicator panels)

2021-12-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Steven Malikoff > Was there ever an indicator panel for the RC11? .. I have a set of RC11 > modules .. No backplane though. I've not found any docs for these, I suppose > they're probably on bitsavers and have overlooked them. Looking at the manual and engineering

Re: Reproduction DEC 144-lamp indicator panels

2021-12-09 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Noel said > The only PDP-11 devices which used indicator panels which I know of were: > > - the DX11 (I don't think anyone's got one of those) > - the RF11 (ditto - although Guy was discussing emulating one at one point) > - the RP11 (but the indicator panel is built into the controller rack

Overland T490 cartridge tape drive and autoloader

2021-12-09 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Many years ago, a friend gave me an Overland T490 tape drive which has some kind of autoloader attached which takes ten tapes. I was told it came out of a Tandem system. The tapes are square cartridges similar but different to a DEC TK50. I can't find very much information about the drive on

Re: NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay

2021-12-09 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
About the software: I bought a couple of that seller's cards; one each of 284088568161 & 284088570014. Asked him about the software. Here's his reply. Regarding your question about the Analyzer software, if I recall correctly it comes bundled in the "NI-488.2" software package. I

Re: NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay

2021-12-09 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 10:50 PM Rodney Brown via cctalk wrote: > > NI National Instruments PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer PCI IEEE488.2 Interface Card > > While a photo shows the Windows NI Analyzer software in use, the item > doesn't mention it. > > If NI will provide the analyzer software, these could be

Re: Reproduction DEC 144-lamp indicator panels

2021-12-09 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Jay Jaeger > Also, if someone (else, presumably) does up a replica of the indicator > panel board (perhaps with the option to use LEDs, with some resistor > packs that could be bypassed for lamps Two points. First,there's the question 'are you trying to produce

Re: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-09 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:26 PM Rob Jarratt wrote: > > Hello Tony, > > > The power bricks draw very little current with no load on the output and > > 2.5A > > would be fine to power one up. > > > Are you saying that I can test them with no load? I thought they would need > some load? I'm

Re: NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay

2021-12-09 Thread Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
The NI GPIB-410 is also often available cheaply, it's basically the ISA version. I believe I saw the drivers for it on NI's FTP server when I was looking for the manual. Thanks, Jonathan ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, December 9th, 2021 at 01:50, Rodney Brown via cctalk

RE: PDP-11/70 Boards

2021-12-09 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
Hello Tony, > The power bricks draw very little current with no load on the output and 2.5A > would be fine to power one up. Are you saying that I can test them with no load? I thought they would need some load? > > Most, if not all, of the power bricks start by rectifying and smoothing

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
On 2021-12-09 11:26, Dominique Carlier via cctalk wrote: On 9/12/2021 11:00, nico de jong via cctalk wrote: Sent !

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
d...@skynet.be Thanks ! Dominique On 9/12/2021 11:21, nico de jong via cctalk wrote: Hello Dominique If you send me your e-mail address, I can start with sending you the user manual, so you can what the software does This software has an interface to i-telex.net, so you can use it for

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Hello Dominique If you send me your e-mail address, I can start with sending you the user manual, so you can what the software does This software has an interface to i-telex.net, so you can use it for international chats It also has a lot of other functions, but it would take too long to list

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
Oh great ! But a little bit noisy to use like that ;) Well, I'm interested by your software anyway ! Dominique On 9/12/2021 11:00, nico de jong via cctalk wrote: Dominique, Well, that is in principle very easy. You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232 to 50 BPS

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
>Please note : all mecanial Siemens machines I've seen, use 40 mA. Not 60 mA. /Nico On 2021-12-09 00:21, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: Dominique, Nice to see your machine working so well! I like how it lights up from the inside. To connect it to a computer, you could simply get a Volpe board

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Dominique, Well, that is in principle very easy. You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232 to 50 BPS serial.  Diagrams can be found everywhere. But you could also look at www.i-telex.net. This is a (primarily) german "band of brothers". They have set up an

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 8 Dec 2021, Monty McGraw wrote: I have this terminal in my garage - sitting on its custom stand. That's a plain standard current loop telex machine using CCITT2 code. The more modern electronic version of it is the T1000 (that was available as 5-bit CCITT2 and 8-bit ASCII).