7 Oct
2009
7 Oct
'09
11:06 a.m.
Does anyone know anything about a Tullamore/Victoreen SCIPP 1600? I
have found one of these, and it appears to be some sort of computer-
based "analyzer" from the 70s, but I can't find much using google,
besides references in papers to having used one.
A few crappy pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vax-o-matic/sets/72157622536984302/
Pat
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7 Oct
7 Oct
11:30 a.m.
On 7 Oct 2009 at 14:06, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Does anyone know anything about a Tullamore/Victoreen
SCIPP 1600? I
have found one of these, and it appears to be some sort of computer-
based "analyzer" from the 70s, but I can't find much using google,
besides references in papers to having used one.
I know Victoreen mostly for their geiger counters, so I suspect that
this is something having to do with the nuclear biz. The obit of the
founder:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-4094525.html
Seems to support the radiation angle.
--Chuck
14 Oct
14 Oct
8:32 a.m.
On Wednesday 07 October 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 7 Oct 2009 at 14:06, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
It appears to be some sort of A/D converter, with a core memory box and
"oscilloscope" like display stuck on it. I haven't gotten as far as
firing it up yet, but I posted some higher res pictures of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vax-o-matic/sets/72157622536984302/
Pat
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Purdue University Research Computing --- http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/
The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
Does anyone know anything about a
Tullamore/Victoreen SCIPP 1600?
I have found one of these, and it appears to be some sort of
computer- based "analyzer" from the 70s, but I can't find much
using google, besides references in papers to having used one.
I know Victoreen mostly for their geiger counters, so I suspect that
this is something having to do with the nuclear biz. The obit of the
founder:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-4094525.html
Seems to support the radiation angle. 
15 Oct
15 Oct
2:29 a.m.
--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
Does anyone know anything about a
Tullamore/Victoreen SCIPP 1600?? I
have found one of these, and it appears to be some sort of
computer-
based "analyzer" from the 70s,
This is almost certainly a pulse height analyzer.
Pulses from a particle detector are sorted by amplitude
and counted. The resulting spectra can be used to
identify the composition of an irradiated sample, etc.
Someone who knows something about nuclear physics could
probably tell you more. Google for "pulse height analyzer"
or "pulse height analysis". There were several companies
making dedicated non-computer PHAs, such as Nuclear Data.
DEC sold a number of machines configured to serve as a PHA,
including the PDP-7, PDP-8, and PDP-12. I have a brochure
somewhere on one of these. The PDP-7 at U. of Oregon in
Eugene was used for this purpose.
--Bill
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