16 Feb
2003
16 Feb
'03
1:13 p.m.
Wow,
thats a tough one.
i agree with Sellam, it does look like a four phase
panel.
but - fps did not use a flat rack panel - they used a
bezel and the board bolted to it.
i wonder if it is fps and perhaps an iv/60,70 or 80 or
an early prototype of one of them.
if the seller looked at the pcb for a name - that may
end our mystery - fps screened "fps","four phase
systems inc" or "motorola information systems"
or the pcb.
motorola information systems bought out fps and made
some boards for the fps systems.
Bill
Message: 40
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:31:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: What computer is this front panel for?
Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Kevin Schoedel wrote:
> (0) It's got 24 bits, or maybe 18 + 6 if you
look
closely.
I think 24, since the numbers don't restart. Bit 0
is at the right,
which might rule out some machines.
I'm pretty sure the first word at the top is
"DISPLAY"; the next
might be "REGISTER", but I'm not
certain. I think
the word that
labels bits 18-21 might be "INSTRUCTION".
Can anyone
think of a
machine with a 4-bit opcode and 18-bit address? I
think the next
word (first of two labelling 0-17) is the same.
Now that I've looked at it more, it almost looks like
a Four Phase
Systems
front panel. It can't remember now, but I believe it
was either a 16-
or 18-bit machine (18-bits would make sense with
regards to these front
panels).
--
Sellam Ismail
Vintage Computer
Festival