Re: ODEC/ Data 100/ LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-31 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/31/2017 06:45 AM, David Gesswein wrote: On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 10:27:49PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: I think we had an Odec chain printer that another group gave us to use on our VAX. I hacked it up to shut off the chain motor when it wasn't printing, and then restart it when print data cam

Re: ODEC/ Data 100/ LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-31 Thread David Gesswein
On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 10:27:49PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > > > I think we had an Odec chain printer that another group gave us to > use on our VAX. I hacked it up to shut off the chain motor when it > wasn't printing, and then restart it when print data came in. > Mine has a switch to select tha

Re: ODEC/ Data 100/ LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-30 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/29/2017 10:27 PM, Jon Elson wrote: I think we had an Odec chain printer that another group gave us to use on our VAX. I hacked it up to shut off the chain motor when it wasn't printing, and then restart it when print data came in. It had a HORRIBLE habit of running the ribbon off th

Re: ODEC/ Data 100/ LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-29 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/29/2017 06:42 PM, David Gesswein wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 02:00:55PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: Finally I managed to scan it correctly. It is the MP00075 which does not seem to be online. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rp4vyPPYu1VjF1ZXJpSVBTZ1JBelFYMjRDR2VtYVRfSWw0 Thanks. No

ODEC/ Data 100/ LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-29 Thread David Gesswein
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 02:00:55PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: > Finally I managed to scan it correctly. > > It is the MP00075 which does not seem to be online. > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-rp4vyPPYu1VjF1ZXJpSVBTZ1JBelFYMjRDR2VtYVRfSWw0 > Thanks. Now have my ODEC/Data 100 model 1422 cha

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-20 Thread Mattis Lind
2017-01-20 14:00 GMT+01:00 Mattis Lind : > > 2017-01-19 18:27 GMT+01:00 David Gesswein : > >> On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 10:38:41PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: >> > >> > OK. I'll bring it home and will scan it sometime next week. >> > >> > /Mattis >> > >> Did you get time to scan it yet? >> > > Finally

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-20 Thread Mattis Lind
2017-01-19 18:27 GMT+01:00 David Gesswein : > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 10:38:41PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: > > > > OK. I'll bring it home and will scan it sometime next week. > > > > /Mattis > > > Did you get time to scan it yet? > Finally I managed to scan it correctly. It is the MP00075 which

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-19 Thread Charles Dickman
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Marc Howard wrote: > Speaking of the LA-180 has anyone noticed the note in the PDP8A manual: > > "The General-Purpose Parallel I/O on the D etch revision > of the M8316 module can be used as an interface for the > LA 180. Data to the LA I80 must be supplied in com-

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-19 Thread Charles Dickman
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 12:27 PM, David Gesswein wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 10:38:41PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: >> >> OK. I'll bring it home and will scan it sometime next week. >> >> /Mattis >> > Did you get time to scan it yet? With the single page that Mattis did provide, I was able to

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-19 Thread Marc Howard
Speaking of the LA-180 has anyone noticed the note in the PDP8A manual: "The General-Purpose Parallel I/O on the D etch revision of the M8316 module can be used as an interface for the LA 180. Data to the LA I80 must be supplied in com- plemented form. The IOTs are different from the LA8 interface

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-19 Thread Mattis Lind
torsdag 19 januari 2017 skrev David Gesswein : > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 10:38:41PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: > > > > OK. I'll bring it home and will scan it sometime next week. > > > > /Mattis > > > Did you get time to scan it yet? > Sorry. Not yet. Too much at work. I make a try tomorrow. I do

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-19 Thread william degnan
Dave I have one if you want to borrow mine for comparison purposes Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On Jan 19, 2017 12:28 PM, "David Gesswein" wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 10:38:41PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: > > > > OK. I'll bring it home and will scan it sometime next week.

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-19 Thread David Gesswein
On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 10:38:41PM +0100, Mattis Lind wrote: > > OK. I'll bring it home and will scan it sometime next week. > > /Mattis > Did you get time to scan it yet?

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread Mattis Lind
2017-01-05 19:37 GMT+01:00 Ethan Dicks : > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Mattis Lind > wrote: > >> Is this the printset you are looking for? > >> > >> https://imgur.com/a/4uDS4 > > Ah... MP-00075... I didn't see it on Bitsavers and Ma

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread Charles Dickman
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: >>> Is this the printset you are looking for? >>> >>> https://imgur.com/a/4uDS4 > > Looks like it's 7 bits (D5-D11 -> P01-P07). I n

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: >> Is this the printset you are looking for? >> >> https://imgur.com/a/4uDS4 Ah... MP-00075... I didn't see it on Bitsavers and Manx says "No copies are known to be online" http://manx-d

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread Charles Dickman
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: > Is this the printset you are looking for? > > https://imgur.com/a/4uDS4 > > https://imgur.com/a/mDvhD > > Sorry for top-posting. I hope the links are ok. Posting from the phone... > Yes! That looks like it. Thanks, -chuck

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread Al Kossow
don't have them it turns out. mistook LC8-E for LC8-P On 1/5/17 7:56 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > we have them > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102752995 > > i'll see about getting them on line by noon >

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread Al Kossow
we have them http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102752995 i'll see about getting them on line by noon On 1/4/17 5:21 PM, David Gesswein wrote: > I would also be interested in schematics. I have just started looking at this > board to try to use it with a ODEC/Data 100 chain print

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread william degnan
Most of what I have is related to the serial interfacing with the LA180. Bill

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-05 Thread Mattis Lind
Is this the printset you are looking for? https://imgur.com/a/4uDS4 https://imgur.com/a/mDvhD Sorry for top-posting. I hope the links are ok. Posting from the phone... onsdag 4 januari 2017 skrev Charles Dickman : > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Christian Corti > > wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Jan

LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-04 Thread David Gesswein
I would also be interested in schematics. I have just started looking at this board to try to use it with a ODEC/Data 100 chain printer. > Looking at the LA180 manual's description of the LC8-P interface, it > is pretty close to Centronics. I expect it is more than just a cable, > though, because

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-04 Thread Charles Dickman
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Christian Corti wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Ethan Dicks wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: >>> >>> I am looking for schematics or any documentation for the LA180 >>> interface for the PDP8/e. A scan would be great. I want to see if

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-04 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Christian Corti wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Ethan Dicks wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: >>> I want to see if I can use it to interface to a Centronics interface >>> printer. >> >> ... but I remember back in the day, people want

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-04 Thread Christian Corti
On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Ethan Dicks wrote: On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: I am looking for schematics or any documentation for the LA180 interface for the PDP8/e. A scan would be great. I want to see if I can use it to interface to a Centronics interface printer. I don't h

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-03 Thread Paul Anderson
If you can't find them, I'll look Sunday. I'll be out of town for a few days. Paul On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: > I am looking for schematics or any documentation for the LA180 > interface for the PDP8/e. A scan would be great. I want to see if I > can use it to interfa

Re: LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-03 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Charles Dickman wrote: > I am looking for schematics or any documentation for the LA180 > interface for the PDP8/e. A scan would be great. I want to see if I > can use it to interface to a Centronics interface printer. I don't have the schematics (I do have an LC8-

LC8-P (M8365) PDP8 printer interface schematics

2017-01-03 Thread Charles Dickman
I am looking for schematics or any documentation for the LA180 interface for the PDP8/e. A scan would be great. I want to see if I can use it to interface to a Centronics interface printer. -chuck