Re: PC04 cables

2018-08-07 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/7/18 4:48 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > The other thing I'm looking for is anything about the earlier version of the > reader PC02 maint was on bitsavers under dec/papertape Just added the engr drws for the PC01

Re: PC04 cables

2018-08-07 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> can I appeal to anyone who has, or can point me at, documentation for > the connection of the PC04 to _other_ PDP-8 models please lend a hand - > _especially_ if you have paper documentation which is not available > online? The other thing I'm looking for is anything about the ea

Re: PC04 cables

2018-08-06 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Al Kossow > is it roytron/Roytron500_1966.pdf ? That sure looks like it! The illustration on pg 5-16 of the DEC PC054/PC05 manual looks just like the thing illustated on the cover of that. I wonder why it didn't turn up in the Web searches? Probably because this doesn't include t

Re: PC04 cables

2018-08-06 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
it is.. On 8/6/18 6:25 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > will also check if the manual in > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102750774 > > is the same thing. > > > On 8/6/18 6:22 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> >> >> On 8/6/18 3:30 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> >>>

Re: PC04 cables

2018-08-06 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
will also check if the manual in http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102750774 is the same thing. On 8/6/18 6:22 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 8/6/18 3:30 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > >> Finally, speaking of missing stuff, several DEC manuals refer to the "Ro

Re: PC04 cables

2018-08-06 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/6/18 3:30 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > Finally, speaking of missing stuff, several DEC manuals refer to the "Roytron > Model 500 Maintenance Manual" (alternative title "Royal-McBee Model 500 > Maintenance Manual"), which again I couldn't find. Does anyone have a copy > of this? is

PC04 cables

2018-08-06 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
So, for needs of my own I've been studying up on the PC04 and PC05, and also the differences between them (which cables they use, etc, etc). I decided I should write up what I've learned, since there's no simple source for all this stuff; the remaining documentation is kind of spotty (lots of thin