On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM Frank Leonhardt via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
So how, if
it could, did this Silent 700 make a keyed tape?
Incidentally there are user and service manals for assorted Silent 700
machines on bitsavers here :
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/terminal/silent_700/
Alas I've yet to find a service manual anywhere with a complete
legible set of schematics, but there's a lot of useful
theory-of-operation in them. The user manual for the ASR733 explains
how to do key-to-tape etc.
There's also the manual for the later model 765 which used bubble
memory cartridges for the ASR storage. No I don't have one of those. I
do have an almost-complete ASR733 and a spare ASR chassis missing the
casing. The 'almost complete' is because I am missing the (external)
cable between the main backplane and the ASR backplane and the
wirelist is not obvious from the manuals I have.
-tony