10 Jul
2001
10 Jul
'01
7:28 a.m.
I just acquired (again) a Tektronix 1711 Machine Control Unit with
(manual!)designed to provide 2-axis servo control. It was originally used on
a DAC NC drilling machine when I bought it. I sold it to a friend some ten
years ago and he is starting to get the drill operational again, didn't need
the controller, and gave it to me. It includes a Remex paper tape reader and
IIRC, it uses 24 bit serial logic internally. One of the things that makes
it kind of neat is that it was built around 1971. Anyone else familar with
this unit?