15 Sep
2020
15 Sep
'20
2:09 p.m.
Well, today's my lucky day :) - I found a box with three TI mice+pads and three fiber
cables:
https://multicores.org/explorer/
If you need any measurements of the connectors or the fiber optic cable itself (I'm
sure
our physics department can help out...) let me know.
And what I thought were simple Tektronix vector terminals turned out to be two Tektronix
4404 machines and one 4406 - the 68010/020-based Smalltalk machines (which can also
run Common Lisp). So more great stuff for our exhibition - and more machines to work
on...
On 15 Sep 2020, at 05:44, James B DiGriz via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:35:50 +0200
Michael Engel via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Some things I could not find so far are the mouse
and the console
cable for the Explorer. It seems that the mouse is related to
MouseSystems optical mice used on older Sun/SGI systems (but the
interface might be different?). The fiber optics cable for the
display (TI part number 2233200 according to the field service
manual) might be another problem
- if you know any details about this, I would be very interested...
This is the same part # listed for the 990, and I would think, lacking
documentation on them, the BS600 and BS800 machines, if using
the CI404 comm board. I don't know how common those were. My college
only started using them after a lightning strike took out some machines
through one or more serial links, iirc. But that may broaden your search.
From the CI403/CI404 manual
(http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/990/datacomm/2263897_9701B_CI403_Nov83.pdf):
2233200-0001 Standard duplex fiber-optic cable, 15m
2233201-0002 Fiber-optic extension cable, 60m
2233201-0003 Fiber-optic extension cable, 150m
2233201-0004 Fiber-optic extension cable, 300m
2233210-0001 Converter module kit, includes: Converter,
Power Module, and Power Cord.
The extension cables include a connector for connectin 2 cables.
I may have some more information on the mouse and maybe some cable specs
soon. Talking to some people who likely know.
jbdigriz