16 Sep
2014
16 Sep
'14
1:38 p.m.
A couple of interesting items followed me home recently - a Digiac Model 5502 Monochrome
Monitor Exerciser and a Digiac Model 5503 Dot Matrix Printer Exerciser. The 5502 seems
complete. The 5503 is missing the (presumed) DB-25 and Centronics cables, but I can
replace those using old printer cables on hand.
In addition to the models that I own I have also seen references online to a Model 5501
Power Supply Test Load Unit and a Model 5504 Floppy Disk Drive Exerciser.
I have no manuals - does anyone on the list have scans of any of the manuals for the
Digiac 55nn series that they would care to share?
Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html
18 Sep
18 Sep
8:56 p.m.
On Sep 16, 2014, at 06:38 , Dale H. Cook <radiotest at plymouthcolony.net> wrote:
In addition to the models that I own I have also seen
references online to a Model 5501 Power Supply Test Load Unit and a Model 5504 Floppy Disk
Drive Exerciser.
I have one of the 5504 disk drive exercisers. I don't have any documentation for it
yet. It includes a cable which is connected to a bank of switches under a locking cover,
apparently for simulating some sort of fault conditions. I don't know what the cable
plugs in to, though. The exerciser does seem to work, though its switches are bouncy.
I have no manuals - does anyone on the list have scans
of any of the manuals for the Digiac 55nn series that they would care to share?
If any manuals turn up for the 5504, I'd sure like a copy! I should take some pictures
of it when I get around to it. It looks kinda pretty with all of its nice color-coded
buttons. I would also enjoy seeing pictures of the other 55nn series exercisers.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
11:06 p.m.
At 04:56 PM 9/18/2014, Mark J. Blair wrote:
I would also enjoy seeing pictures of the other 55nn
series exercisers.
Mark -
My 5502 and 5503 were given to an employee of the company that owned them some years after
that company stopped using monochrome monitors and dot-matrix printers. They sat on a
shelf in his garage for many years and got pretty dirty. I will try to find some time this
weekend to clean them up and photograph them. Whether I get to it this weekend depends
upon whether I can finish up some paying work that is queued up in the shop.
Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html
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