On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Bob Adamson <bob at theadamsons.co.uk> wrote:
My newest pdp8 has an OEM ?Dataram DR118A memory
module as well as some DEC
core. Does anyone have a data sheet for this or know what size it is and how
to check/set the field addresses for it?
Hi, Bob,
I have a small amount of experience with non-DEC core... lacking a
manual, I'd look for a set of three jumpers together - in that era,
they tended to be solder jumpers, not modern 0.1" jumper blocks.
Frequently (but not always, of course), you'll see markings on the
silk screen like 0, 1, 2 or EMA1, EMA2, EMA3.
Worst case, you could trace back the EMA lines from the OMNIBUS to see
where they end up - there'll be some sort of circuit there to handle
memory select, and I'd predict it's within an inch or two of the
correct fingers on the bus.
If you just can't find the jumpers, you could remove the other core
and poke at memory space with the front panel. I don't recall any
core under 4K, so you have 8 addresses to test. Try reading, then
writing and reading. Of course, if it needs repair, that won't work
so well, but it won't take long to try.
-ethan