RE: Glass memory?

2022-03-31 Thread Mark Huffstutter via cctalk
Here is some pretty good information. https://archive.org/details/TNM_Glass_computer_memories_-_Corning_Electronics_20171206_0185 Mark -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brent Hilpert via cctalk Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 11:53 PM To:

Re: Glass memory?

2022-03-31 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2022-Mar-31, at 8:05 PM, Anders Nelson via cctech wrote: > Hey all, found this on eBay: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Corning-Glass-memory-/125087612899 > > I can't find any info on it - was it some kind of delay-line or magnetic > laminate stack? > > Interesting! Very interesting - there w

Glass memory?

2022-03-31 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Hey all, found this on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Corning-Glass-memory-/125087612899 I can't find any info on it - was it some kind of delay-line or magnetic laminate stack? Interesting!

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 12:13 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > I really wish when people are asking for assistance or talking about a > > schematic or circuit they would include a link/reference to exactly > > what they are looking at > > But everone probably _was_ looking at the

RE: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Brent Hilpert > DCLO & ACLO behave as power-on-reset signals to the system. Minor nit: actually, I think it's DCLO which performs that function in a lot of places; see e.g. the latches on pg. K2 (pg. 153 of the PDF) and K7. (INIT, usually in buffered form, is used more widely for

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2022-Mar-31, at 4:12 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> From: Brent Hilpert > >> So apparently I've been looking at the wrong +5V supply (H777) because >> the rest of you are indeed looking at a different +5 supply (H7140), >> both of which are in that same 11/24 pdf document > > That's because the H7

RE: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Brent Hilpert > So apparently I've been looking at the wrong +5V supply (H777) because > the rest of you are indeed looking at a different +5 supply (H7140), > both of which are in that same 11/24 pdf document That's because the H777 is the P/S for the BA11-L 5-1/4" box, a

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2022-Mar-31, at 2:14 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote: >> Those three comparators in the H777 are looking at a time-delay ramp > > Is that a typo? This is the H7140 not the H777. Groan. When this thread came up I went looking for the 11/24 schematic. I found the document I linked earlier for the 11/24

Re: Loss of Museum in Ukraine

2022-03-31 Thread Dave McGuire via cctalk
On 3/29/22 10:51, Brielle via cctalk wrote: Yes, saw an article that said he was fine. Not sure if there’s been any updates since that article though given how things have escalated… I exchanged email with Dmitry Cherepanov this morning. He is understandably heartbroken, but he and his fa

RE: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
I made some interesting discoveries this evening. See below. > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Brent Hilpert via > cctalk > Sent: 31 March 2022 21:03 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards > > On 2022-Mar-31, a

Re: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2022-Mar-31, at 12:36 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> From: Tony Duell > >> A short in FET Q15 on the bias/interface board in the PSU could do it. >> The gate of that FET is driven from an LM339 comparator the -ve supply >> of which is -15V. > > Ah; I hadn't even looked at the P/S prints

RE: PDP 11/24 - A Step Backwards

2022-03-31 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Tony Duell > A short in FET Q15 on the bias/interface board in the PSU could do it. > The gate of that FET is driven from an LM339 comparator the -ve supply > of which is -15V. Ah; I hadn't even looked at the P/S prints. (Like I said, I'm really weak on analog: for digita