20 Mar
2008
20 Mar
'08
1:10 a.m.
The DECmate II (VT100 housing) has the ability to
download code into
the PDP-8 through the terminal port via a special control sequence. I
haven't tried it on mine yet.
Do you know what the control sequence and data format is and/or what
manual documents it?
I though the sequence went VT78 (in VT52), DECmate/VT278 (in VT100),
DECmate II (in big PC like case), DECmate III (in little PC like case),
DECmate III+ (same)
20 Mar
20 Mar
1:29 a.m.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 09:10:23PM -0400, djg at pdp8.net wrote:
I would be curious to hear of this, too.
The DECmate II
(VT100 housing) has the ability to download code into
the PDP-8 through the terminal port via a special control sequence. I
haven't tried it on mine yet.
Do you know what the control sequence and data format is and/or what
manual documents it? I though the sequence went VT78 (in VT52),
DECmate/VT278 (in VT100),
DECmate II (in big PC like case), DECmate III (in little PC like case),
DECmate III+ (same)
That's the sequence I know of (and I own one of all of those except a
VT78 - it's one of the three types of -8s that I'm missing, along with
an -8/f and -8/m).
Internally, though, I'm pretty sure the VT78 has an IM6100, while all the
rest have IM6120s.
-ethan
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In article <200803200110.m2K1ANV06588 at h-68-165-246-86.mclnva23.covad.net>,
djg at pdp8.net writes:
IIRC, I read it in a manual from bitsavers. Ah, found it.
<http://pdp-8.org/scans/an/ek/ek-vt278-hr-001.pdf> DECmate System
Architecture Manual, section 6.6 DOWN-LINE LOADING THE VT278,
pg. 6-24. The same manual might be around on bitsavers somewhere.
The DECmate II
(VT100 housing) has the ability to download code into
the PDP-8 through the terminal port via a special control sequence. I
haven't tried it on mine yet.
Do you know what the control sequence and data format is and/or what
manual documents it? I though the sequence went VT78 (in VT52),
DECmate/VT278 (in VT100),
DECmate II (in big PC like case), DECmate III (in little PC like case),
DECmate III+ (same)
I'm probably wrong about the designation, it was from memory. The one
I have is the VT100 case with the PDP-8 inside.
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