off topic - capatob - saratov2 computer Russsian pdp8? HELP

Hi Iain I asked a guy from Latvia that I know, Olafs. He recognized the transistors as KT315 A and B. Collector is middle pin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT315 He might also be able to help with spare lights, contact me off-list. Unfortunately he has no documentation. /P On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 06:36:56PM +0000, Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk wrote: > Off topic, but looking for help and/or wisdom. > > If you visit https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/saratov <https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/saratov>/ <https://www.scotnet.co.uk/iain/> you will see some photos and wire-lists of work that I have started on the front panel of a Capatob 2. > > I plan to get the switches and lights running on a blinkenbone board with a PDP8 emulation behind it. (I already have an PDP11/70 front-panel running on the same infrastructure) > > I have been struggling for over a year to get much info about this saratov computer (circuit diagrams etc). So I have started the reverse engineering on the panel. > > Does anybody know anything about this computer? online or offline it would be much appreciated. > > Iain