D-116 Digital Computer Controls - minicomputer

Eric Chomko writes: DCC built Nova 1200 clones (as well as PDP8 clones, the D-112). They were near-exact copies, but 20% cheaper, and came in both regular and jumbo versions, just like the Novas. DCC made a few improvements, replacing the switching power supply with a quiet linear supply, and using wide bat handle switches on the front panel instead of the finger-cutting toggle switches on Novas. But it was basically a ripoff, so DG naturally sued DCC over theft of trade secrets, and mostly won. I think DG eventually bought DCC, does anyone know for sure? I also just found mention of follow-on D-216, D-316, and D-416 machines. Has anyone seen one of them? http://www.corecomm.net/~jurdoc/trade.htm http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.comp… I'm currently sprucing up my D-116 for VCF East. I actually like its mechanical design, since with the cover off the entire surface of the topmost pcb is available for probing, without using an extender card: http://world.std.com/~fwhite/misc/D116.jpg I may be a little biased since I was an expert witness for DCC in the trial, which is how I came to have this D-116. What manuals do you have? I'm missing the D-116 user's manual which gives the assembler, debugger, etc, syntax. I'm also missing schematics for the core memory, and am trying to repair one flakey 8K board. Fredric White