Are there any markings on the stickers covering the
1702A windows?
Only numbers identifying their position.
What do you know of the history of the machine? Was it
used for data
acquisition? Was it used for industrial control? Who was the previous
owner? What might they have used it for?
This from the gent I bought it from.. this is ALL i know.
"Hmmm.... The DL8a came in a job lot at an auction... It came with a CRDS
PDP11/23 clone, A gutted Universe, a 19" monitor, several hundred kilos of
RT-11
and Unix manuals, several hundred 8" disks, and some other bits and
pieces.."
The EPROM's might hold bootstrap code, they might
hold software that
drive some sort of device that you don't have, they might contain
a monitor, it's hard to tell.
A disassembly will make that easy(ish) to determine, surely!
Have you checked out the power supply yet? This is
definitely the
first priority.
No, I've not checked it - having no equipment. I don't intend to supply
power to it at all until I get those EPROMS copied. So I'm thinking it's
actually a lower priority. I'll check the power while the eproms are away
being saved.
A