8 Aug
1999
8 Aug
'99
10:35 a.m.
Seen on Usenet. Anyone want this stuff, get in contact with the seller
directly.
Thanks.
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>LAST CALL
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>- digital delni hub (with a dozen connectors)
>- digital mouse model VS10X-EA Rev 3a
>- miscellaneous related items
> (VMS, a couple dozens floppies)...
>- RX-50 disk drives (2 drives in one assembly)
>- long keyboard/monitor cable (3 BNC cables (RGB) and 1 keyboard on
>one end, multipin on ther other)
>
>for pickup in somerville (boston) / davis square
>
>please make an offer, I'll probably take it!
>
>I CANNOT ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON THIS
>- ALL ITEMS AS IS
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8 Aug
8 Aug
1:08 p.m.
New subject: Spiffy Little Hamfest Find
Found an AIM-65 at a hamfest today (at the Amana Colonies near
Cedar Rapids, Iowa) for $1.00. It's got the cheesiest brown,
plastic case I've ever seen, a cut little printer built in,
an ascii keyboard, a funky led display and not much else.
I haven't powered it up yet since it seems to want 12 and 24
volts and I don't have a 24 volt supply handy.
Does anyone have the pinouts for the expansion and application
connectors on this little guy?
Also, there's a switch that lets you switch between keyboard and
tty but I see no place to connect a tty, not even a little dual
inline connector or anything appropriate. Clues?
Thanks...
Anthony Clifton - Wirehead
2:53 p.m.
New subject: Spiffy Little Hamfest Find
On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Anthony Clifton - Wirehead wrote:
Does anyone have the pinouts for the expansion and
application
connectors on this little guy?
Rich Cini has the manul set scanned on his website:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
Look under "Platforms:Rockwell".
Also, there's a switch that lets you switch
between keyboard and
tty but I see no place to connect a tty, not even a little dual
inline connector or anything appropriate. Clues?
You probably connect the TTY to one of the edge connectors.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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9 Aug
9 Aug
4:05 a.m.
New subject: Spiffy Little Hamfest Find
Found an AIM-65 at a hamfest today (at the Amana
Colonies near
Cedar Rapids, Iowa) for $1.00. It's got the cheesiest brown,
plastic case I've ever seen, a cut little printer built in,
an ascii keyboard, a funky led display and not much else.
Geee, what a neat beast - I'm searching a cased AIm (or an AIM
case) for years.
I haven't powered it up yet since it seems to want
12 and 24
volts and I don't have a 24 volt supply handy.
Wasn't it +5 and +/-12 ? It's a long time ago.
Does anyone have the pinouts for the expansion and
application
connectors on this little guy?
Try Richards page - he did a good job and scanned a lot of the Manuals.
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/my_docs.htm
Also, there's a switch that lets you switch
between keyboard and
tty but I see no place to connect a tty, not even a little dual
inline connector or anything appropriate. Clues?
There are two edge connectors - one supplys the system (extension)
Bus, the other offers the 'user' port, including a 20mA TTY (like
the KIM)
Gruss
H.
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4:40 a.m.
New subject: Spiffy Little Hamfest Find
At 01:06 PM 8/9/99 +1, you wrote:
Yes, 5 VDC and plus and minus 12 VDC. The -12 is only used for a comm
port I think. The + 12 is used for the comm port and the printer. You CAN
run it without the plus and minus 12 VDC but you'll lose the comm port and
printer. You MUST have the 5 VDC.
I don't know. Maybe it uses the keyboard connector or the expansion
connector. You should be able to trace the KB-TTY switch out if nothing
else. BTW some of my boards don't have the switch. The traces are there and
there's a jumper soldered between two of them.
Joe
Joe
Found an
AIM-65 at a hamfest today (at the Amana Colonies near
Cedar Rapids, Iowa) for $1.00. It's got the cheesiest brown,
plastic case I've ever seen, a cut little printer built in,
an ascii keyboard, a funky led display and not much else.
Geee, what a neat beast - I'm searching a cased AIm (or an AIM
case) for years.
I haven't powered it up yet since it seems to
want 12 and 24
volts and I don't have a 24 volt supply handy.
Wasn't it +5 and +/-12 ? It's a long time ago. Does anyone have the pinouts for the expansion
and application
connectors on this little guy?
Try Richards page - he did a good job and scanned a lot of the Manuals.
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/my_docs.htm
> Also, there's a switch that lets you switch between keyboard and
> tty but I see no place to connect a tty, not even a little dual
> inline connector or anything appropriate. Clues?
There are two edge connectors - one supplys the system (extension)
Bus, the other offers the 'user' port, including a 20mA TTY (like
the KIM)
Mine say "J1 Application" and "J3 Expansion". The keybaord
connects to
"J4". "J2" connects to the printer. I don't know where the comm
port is.
Have you looked at the stuff on Rich's web site yet. The manuals there
should tell where it is and how to use it.
BTW Richard, I haven't forgotten about the PROMs. I got my burner out to
use it and found that I misplaced the software when I moved the burner to a
new machine. I spent two days looking for it but haven't found it yet.
6:23 a.m.
New subject: Spiffy Little Hamfest Find
>Geee, what a neat beast - I'm searching a cased
AIm (or an AIM
>case) for years.
>> I haven't powered it up yet since it seems to want 12 and 24
>> volts and I don't have a 24 volt supply handy.
>Wasn't it +5 and +/-12 ? It's a long time ago.
Yes, 5 VDC and plus and minus 12 VDC. The -12 is
only used for a comm
port I think. The + 12 is used for the comm port and the printer. You CAN
run it without the plus and minus 12 VDC but you'll lose the comm port and
printer. You MUST have the 5 VDC.
Exact, the 12V are also needed for the TTY.
>> Does anyone have the pinouts for the expansion
and application
>> connectors on this little guy?
>Try Richards page - he did a good job and scanned a lot of the Manuals.
>http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/my_docs.htm
> Also,
there's a switch that lets you switch between keyboard and
> tty but I see no place to connect a tty, not even a little dual
> inline connector or anything appropriate. Clues?
I don't know. Maybe it uses the keyboard connector or the expansion
connector. You should be able to trace the KB-TTY switch out if nothing
else. BTW some of my boards don't have the switch. The traces are there and
there's a jumper soldered between two of them. >There are two edge connectors - one supplys the
system (extension)
>Bus, the other offers the 'user' port, including a 20mA TTY (like
>the KIM)
Mine say "J1 Application" and "J3
Expansion". The keybaord connects to
"J4". "J2" connects to the printer. I don't know where the comm
port is.
Have you looked at the stuff on Rich's web site yet. The manuals there
should tell where it is and how to use it.
J1 Application == 'user' port, including the com line and the TTY line
J3 Expansion == system bus
Gruss
H.
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