31 Aug
2019
31 Aug
'19
12:16 a.m.
I have something from the same company that sounds like it might be the same
type of device. It is an
RS-670 40 MHz Digital Word Generator.
Mine is obviously a decade or two newer. It includes a small CRT plus
keypad/keyboard and is a general purpose computer. It includes 32 output lines
(plus some misc) and the user can enter a program, either via floppy or by
manual entry on the front panel. That program is played back over the output
lines like a digital function generator.
If you find any caches of manuals for Interface Technologies equipment, let me
know. I don't have a manual for mine.
Aaron
On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 07:24:24PM -0700, John Ames via cctech wrote:
Ran into this at the electronics-surplus store just
down the way from
my workplace and grabbed it on the cheap. I don't actually know what
it *is,* but the labels on the switches make it look a *hell* of a lot
like a 16-bit general-purpose computer of some kind. Despite the
claims of being "microprocessor-controlled," I looked at every board
inside the thing and couldn't spot anything that looked like a 16-bit
or even 8-bit CPU. Genuinely curious what this is, but I can't find
much on it online - the name pops up in a few archived documents, but
Bitsavers doesn't have anything for the company. Though the design is
attributed to Stanley Kubota and Edward Corby - looks like Mr. Kubota
still has an online presence at https://www.exsellsales.com/about-us/
so I'll have to drop them a line...
Anybody heard of or encountered one of these before?
http://www.commodorejohn.com/whatsit-front.jpg
http://www.commodorejohn.com/whatsit-back.jpg
