I have been pointed to the following discussion
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/ibm-5110-initial-info.1224000/pag…
There, voidstar78 was apparently trying to contact me. Since my mail
addresses are all functional (noone else had any problem with them, be it
my personal or our museum's address), I wonder what he did, and I don't
have a gmail address.
I'm not on this forum, and I don't want to register to "yet another
forum", so I can't even look at the pictures. But it seems to have been an
interesting discussion. Pity it wasn't on this list.
Christian
At Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:55:13 +0200 (CEST) Christian Corti
<cc(a)informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>as it will be soon of importance to us, I am seeking for the systems
>engineering manual and drawings, well, everything about the IBM 727 tape
>drive (not the 729!). I especially need the module locations charts and
>the module schematics.
Just a few weeks ago I donated to the Computer History Museum a set
of 14 original IBM black binders of "Type 7xx" manuals from the
1950s, including the 727. That one is likely to be the same as what's
on bitsavers, but since it's no longer in hand I can't check. They
probably haven't made it through the CHM cataloging process yet.
I recently had a need for BC308 transistors. Of course those have been
unobtanium for quite some time.
My search beyond a distributor then went to eBay where I found Unicorn
Electronics.
More to the point I see from their website Apple 1, Apple ][ and Apple 1a
Kits along with Apple 1 and Apple II parts are available.
I thought some here might find this useful.
https://unicornelectronics.com/
Don Resor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wrcooke(a)wrcooke.net <wrcooke(a)wrcooke.net>
> Sent: 08 October 2023 04:15
> To: rob(a)jarratt.me.uk; Rob Jarratt via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: [cctalk] VT100: Failing 2114 Chip Replaced With One With The
> Same Fault
>
>
>
> > On 10/07/2023 5:35 PM CDT Rob Jarratt via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I find this really hard to explain. It can't be the chip selection
> > logic because then the addresses 0x2400-0x2407 would also fail and I
> > checked the CS signal with the logic analyser just to be sure. I also
> > checked the address lines directly on the RAM chip for any stuck bits
> > and they seemed fine too.
> >
> >
> >
> > What are the chances of two 2114 chips failing at exactly the same address?
> > Is there some failure mode I might not be considering?
> >
> > Rob
>
> Perhaps it isn't the 2114 or its associated circuit at all. Maybe some other
> device is being incorrectly selected by that address and driving (half) the bus
> low? Just a thought.
Many thanks for the suggestion. This hadn't crossed my mind, so I checked. All the things that I could identify on the schematic that connect to the bus (UART, interrupt vector, flag buffer and modem signals) seem not to be enabled. I have looked at what is sinking the data bus, there is a buffer which seems to be OK and the 8251 PIC. The PIC is harder to check but I can see it is not selected and the input pins don’t appear to be shorted.
Not really sure what else to consider.
>
> Will
>
> If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't
> assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless
> immensity of the sea.
>
> Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Hi
I have had so many inquiries for the boards on my list its
difficult to respond to them all.
Please make an offer for what you want.
Allow an additional minimum of $50 for UK to US shipping
I'll keep the offer list open for a few days.
Rod Smallwood
I posted recently that I had identified a faulty RAM chip in my VT100 and
having replaced it the terminal seemed to get further into the self test.
After further analysis with the logic analyser I have realised that it is
still failing the RAM test, despite an apparent change in behaviour. I think
the change in behaviour could be simply due to the slightly suspect keyboard
cable.
But here is the puzzle. When I first identified the faulty RAM chip if found
that address 0x2408 would read back as 0x0A instead of 0xAA. I reckon this
equates to E50 in the schematic, as it is the upper nibble of the second
bank of RAM. I replaced the chip with one I bought recently. It turns out
the self-test is still failing at the SAME address.
I find this really hard to explain. It can't be the chip selection logic
because then the addresses 0x2400-0x2407 would also fail and I checked the
CS signal with the logic analyser just to be sure. I also checked the
address lines directly on the RAM chip for any stuck bits and they seemed
fine too.
What are the chances of two 2114 chips failing at exactly the same address?
Is there some failure mode I might not be considering?
Thanks
Rob
Quote:
> I could be remembering incorrectly but I think the Gould PN6080 mini we had exclusively for third year
> comp sci at Macquarie Uni in the mid/late 80s was 32-bit made up of AMD2900 family logic (2901 ALU's).
Find attached two pages of the CPU drawings of a Concept 32/67 and
PowerNode 6000. Here the AMD 2901s show up. You remembered correctly!
Geert Rolf
owner of a PowerNode 6040 -- see
https://geerol.home.xs4all.nl/DownLoad/UTX-paper.pdf
There was a PDP-8 (rack straight 8 with asr33) that was on ebay that
disappeared..anyone know if it was sold? I can't find it, maybe the seller
pulled the auction to sell privately.
Bill
Here's a question for all our Computer Museum curators.
Have any of the old GEAC Library systems ever been salvaged and put into
a museum? They were curious boxes and I think would make a nice addition
to a collection.
bill
Hi all
I re-discovered some eurocards I found in a box at a swapmeet long ago.
It looks like a complete 8085 system. Lots of RAM, 2K EPROM, I/O, FDC.
The strange thing is that the EPROM is mapped at F800, the code in there
looks like 8085 code, and looks like it wants to live at F800. And there's
RAM at 0000.
The DIN41612 A/C 64 pin bus has provision for 16 bits data.
Pics here http://retro.co.za/8085/Microcom/
Anyone maybe have more information on this? I'm curious.
W
