On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the
> standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to
> customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here:
>
> http://ana-3.lcs.mit.e
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > Oooh, thanks ever so much for turning that up!!!
>
> OK, I have added them to the page - I lost a little resolution rotating them
> to be level, but there's still more than enough to recogize them, and mostly
> read them.
>
> > So th
From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 8:53 PM
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
I have one of those:
http://www.so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/typeset/typeset.php
My notes say it's a PA36. It's not buried too deeply; I could try to find
the nameplate if need be.
Almost rig
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Vincent Slyngstad
wrote:
> From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 AM
>>
>> OK I still can't get at the box; it's apparently buried deep. So can't
>> confirm what the label calls it. But here it is and the panel on the
>> front:
>>
>> http://corestore.org/Dec
> Oooh, thanks ever so much for turning that up!!!
OK, I have added them to the page - I lost a little resolution rotating them
to be level, but there's still more than enough to recogize them, and mostly
read them.
> So that mystery panel seems to be a general panel, more associated with
> From: Mike Ross
>> It seems to be always near the CPU ... there are only a few
>> possibilities: BA15 (paper tape controller), DW15A (bus converter),
>> KE15 (extended arithmetic), MM15-A and MK15-A (memory). It might also
>> be a BD15 ... since that was listed as having an i
On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > From: Al Kossow
>
> > we have one
> > ...
> > i'll request access to it to shoot the panel
>
> Excellent! That's currently the worst image of all of the ones on the page,
> so a good one will really count. Thanks!
>
> (Althou
> From: Al Kossow
> we have one
> ...
> i'll request access to it to shoot the panel
Excellent! That's currently the worst image of all of the ones on the page,
so a good one will really count. Thanks!
(Although I am a bit curious at to why the Museum's Web site doesn't offer
the
From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 AM
OK I still can't get at the box; it's apparently buried deep. So can't
confirm what the label calls it. But here it is and the panel on the
front:
http://corestore.org/Decbox.jpg
I have one of those:
http://www.so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/typeset/typ
2016-08-19 9:13 GMT+02:00 :
> Noel said:
> > (seems to include a D/A, from what little I can find
> > on it online)
>
> I have that A/D unit ('A-D CONVERTER' as it says on the panel) from when I
> collected the Fox 2/10. It's complete as far as I can tell. I can take some
> photos of it, if any in
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
>
>> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several
>> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches
>> IIRC... can't recall the DEC designator.
>
> PR68, used in
Noel said:
> (seems to include a D/A, from what little I can find
> on it online)
I have that A/D unit ('A-D CONVERTER' as it says on the panel) from when I
collected the Fox 2/10. It's complete as far as I can tell. I can take some
photos of it, if any interest.
Also a belated thanks to yourself
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > From: Mattis Lind
>
> The other one seems to be the same as this one:
>
> > http://www.hal1.se/Rolfs_web/Rolfs_images/1975_1/pages/7503%2003.htm
> >
> > The panel to the left is RF15 and the right is TC15. But what is the
>
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from
>> DEC documentation added to the page - can someone provide a better one?
>
> we have one
> http://www.computerhistory
oh.. there's a cool picture of a PDP-15 here:
http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/gallery/ral/orig/r12588.jpg
On 8/18/16 1:57 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from
>> DEC documentati
On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from
> DEC documentation added to the page - can someone provide a better one?
we have one
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102691234
i'll request access to it t
> From: Mattis Lind
>> To start with, there's this image:
>>
>>
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gdmr/Historical/Photos/1980.08-PDP1540.jpg
>>
>> That's clearly an FP15 on the lower left, and I have identified the
>> center one as a TC15, but what are the other two?
O
>
>
> There are still some other -15 panels showing up in pictures, which I have
> no
> idea about. To start with, there's this image:
>
> http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gdmr/Historical/Photos/1980.08-PDP1540.jpg
>
> That's clearly an FP15 on the lower left, and I have identified the center
> one
> From: Mike Ross
> Here's the FP15 you were looking for...
Oooh, thanks; I had that image, wasn't exactly sure what it was.
I hadn't done much with the PDP-15 panels, in part because it wasn't my focus
(the -11) panels, in part because it seemed like there were a ton of them, in
the -1
On 17/08/2016 21:56, Noel Chiappa wrote:
So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the
standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to
customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/DECI
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>
> On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
>
>> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several
>> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches
>> IIRC... can't recall the DEC designator.
>
> PR68, used in
On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several
> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches
> IIRC... can't recall the DEC designator.
PR68, used in typesetting.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the
> standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to
> customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here:
>
> http://ana-3.lcs.mit.e
On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the
> standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to
> customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here:
>
> http://ana-3.lcs.mit.e
So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the
standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to
customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here:
http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/DECIndicatorPanels.html
Does anyone happen to hav
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