15 Jun
2020
15 Jun
'20
3:40 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Joshua Rice via
cctalk
Sent: 15 June 2020 11:02
To: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-
Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: : Unknown Intel blinkenlight panel circa 1973
Somehow it seems the thread got fragmented. I posted it to the other half of
this thread.
Here?s a link to a high-quality picture of the front panel, straight from the
listing. Turns out i?m crap at taking steady photos
Its not so much being steady, if you are using a SmartPhone its getting it to focus when
you are close.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dysAAOSwqqJehZ-Y/s-l1600.jpg
<https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dysAAOSwqqJehZ-Y/s-l1600.jpg>
Nice so appears to be 16-bit memory, with the ability to write either byte independently.
The numbering on the address doesn't seem to match PDP-11 or DG NOVA .
But the numbering doesn't seem to match. I wonder if some kind of mainframe...
On Jun 15,
2020, at 1:15 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>
> It would be useful if the legends on the panel were actually readable
> by mere mortals.
>
> Intel Memory Systems was very big in the early-mod 1970s. The reason
> was pretty simple--they offered add-on memory for IBM S/370 and other
> vendors cheaper than the OEMs could.
>
> --Chuck