12 Jul
2022
12 Jul
'22
6:29 a.m.
It is a UDR 700, my dyslexia and why I did not find your posts from 2020.
A copy of the user manual would be very much apreciated, as would info on the unibus
interface.
However, I'm quite happy to interface to the back of the reader "I think".
I shall eMail you privately details of an FTP site you could upload to.
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell [mailto:ard.p850ug1@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 July 2022 04:45
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Cc: Martin Bishop <mjd.bishop(a)emeritus-solutions.com>
Subject: Re: Information on Trend UTR 700 Paper Tape Reader and Facit 4060 Punch
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 7:32 AM Martin Bishop via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Google turns up very little specific information on either of these devices, e.g. nil
return from bit savers.
The best leads I have are:
- The UTR 700 was badge engineered by Ferranti into FM1600B systems, one of which fetched
up at the Centre for Computer History, Cambridge, England; perhaps with documentation.
Also, as it was used in government systems some maintenance documentation may have fetched
up in the PRO, at Kew.
Are you sure it's a UTR700 and not a UDR700? The latter is a 'UniDirectional
Reader' running at 700 characters/second. I've seen them badge-engeered
'Solartron' too. I also have a Unibus interface for them.
If it is a UDR700, I have the 'user' manual which includes full schematics, parts
lists, alignment data, etc. I did offer this to bitsavers along with the manual for the
HSR500 (bidirectional, 500
cps) but they weren't interested. Unfortunately the manual is nearly 140MBytes (my
scanner software is very inefficient!) so too large to post or e-mail, but I can
snail-mail a CD-ROM or memory stick with it on.
-tony