2 Nov
2016
2 Nov
'16
10:53 a.m.
In a past life I did quite a few Test & Measurement setups, started with
dedicated I/O, then added GPIB, and later VXI
Always enjoyed the challenge of automating stimulus and measurement.
In the mid 90s I helped add GPIB to a NIM & CAMAC setup. But never got to
really play with any of the instruments.
For 'fun' I want to setup and NIM Bin and CAMAC Crate and since my days of
connecting to a computer started with a PDP-11. But unless a Unibus box
shows up that's for another rainy season.
Anyone with a NIM Bin or CAMAC Create they don't want and is near Portland
Oregon (due to weight and size) ?
On another vector, it is sad to see that there is not a 'bitsavers' for NIM
& CAMAC.
-pete
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Jon Elson <elson at pico-systems.com> wrote:
On 10/31/2016 01:04 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote:
Over the years I've played around with a few
old CAMAC (*) modules, by
today's standard they pretty much have zero value, anyway that's another
story. Recently
I've been offered a CAMAC to Unibus board. A Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate
Controller .
A Crate in CAMAC speak is just a chassis with a backplane.
The problem with CAMAC is there is almost no information out there,
Since I don't YET have a Unibus system, it more of a curiosity then
anything.
So .. anyone have the manual ?
(*) -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Automated_Measurement_and_Control
I have a 3922 crate controller and a 3953 auxiliary crate controller at
work. I
also have manuals for the 3911 PDP-11 crate controller and 2912
LSI-11 bus adapter and the 3953. These have schematics in them.
I THINK the 3912 may be an LSI-11 (QBus) controller, not Unibus.
Jon