26 Oct
2019
26 Oct
'19
10:53 a.m.
On 2019-10-26 19:44, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 6:36 PM nico de jong via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hi Tony
The manuals you mention, don't ring a bell.
We have now more-or-less rejuvenated a PTS6813 aka P857, although
without the discs.
Furthermore, we have the parts to build a P852 from spare parts.
In order to test things, I've developped a simulator and assembler for
the P857, although without floating point and I/O processor, as I have
no documentation for that, so maybe I can harvest something from the
documents you have. Are the mailable, or do you need to scan them first?
Thanks
Nico
Hi all,
Back in the 70's and 80's Philips had a quite popular series of mini
computers called P800, which also branched out to the PTS series and
possibly other.
Could I be lucky to find other list members interested in these
products? I know of a few, but there surely must be others. I'm trying
to collect what is left of the documentation.
My first minicomputer (which I still
have and can see from where I am sitting)
was a Philips P850. I now also own a P851 and a P854 (both with floppy drives)
and lots of spares.
As for documentation I have the CPU (only) technical manual for the P850,
the 2 volumes of schematics for the P851 and the preliminary manual (alas
without the microcode source) for the P854. Some other schematics for
things like the P854's PSU, the 4 channel serial port, floppy disk system, etc.
User manuals for at least the P850 and P851. And some software-related
manuals, manuals on related machines, etc but I would have to check exactly
what I have there.
-tony'