2 Nov
2009
2 Nov
'09
7:12 p.m.
Hi,
are here people with intimate knowledge of Honeywell Level-6 (Series 60) computers? Or
documentation?
I got two Level-6/06 machines. Those seem to be somewhat different from the rest of the
line as they
should be downwards compatible to the X16 machines. But I have no single manual for them.
All I have
are some Level-6 manuals talking about other machines. In one of them, the 6/06 is
mentioned as
special and "Series 700" (WHAT is that?!?) compatible. And that it is explicitly
not subject of the
manual and that it as its own manual that I do not have. I also don't have any
schematics.
Best wishes,
Philipp :-)
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http://www.hachti.de
2 Nov
2 Nov
7:21 p.m.
I worked on a 6/36 back in uh... 1977-78 doing 3780 & HASP, and I have
a few manuals tucked away, have to look this weekend.
bob
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de> wrote:
Hi,
are here people with intimate knowledge of Honeywell Level-6 (Series 60)
computers? Or documentation?
I got two Level-6/06 machines. Those seem to be somewhat different from the
rest of the line as they should be downwards compatible to the X16 machines.
But I have no single manual for them. All I have are some Level-6 manuals
talking about other machines. In one of them, the 6/06 is mentioned as
special and "Series 700" (WHAT is that?!?) compatible. And that it is
explicitly not subject of the manual and that it as its own manual that I do
not have. I also don't have any schematics.
Best wishes,
Philipp :-)
--
http://www.hachti.de
5 Nov
5 Nov
11:12 a.m.
Hi Robert,
I worked on a 6/36 back in uh... 1977-78 doing 3780
& HASP, and I have
a few manuals tucked away, have to look this weekend.
That sounds good! Looking
forward to hear more.
--
http://www.hachti.de
9 Nov
9 Nov
7:35 a.m.
in the box not opened since May of 1978 I found:
1. Level 6/06 Marketing brochure. (the 6/06 seems to be a version of
the 6/34 with some special I/O option board that emulates the older
Honeywell/GE 700 CPU to its I/O bus that was (is) used in
RealTime/Control apps., I think). "The System 700 Bus Interface
connects the 6/06 Megabus to a System 700 expansion Drawer containing
an I/O bus. The System 700 controllers in turn accommodate the
peripherals and communications channels with no change to the System
700 DMA software drivers"
2. Level 6 Minicomputer handbook, rev October 1976. Pictures,
options, instruction set, memory layout, Bus, etc.
3. Level 6 Minicomputers handbook Models 6/34, 6/36, and 6/43. Rev
May 1979. Appears to be reissue and update of #2.
4. Series 60 (Level 6) Hardware MLCP Programmers Reference Manual
(The Sync Communicatons IO board), Rev 1976. Ah the book that
launched my career...
5. Ever attractive Red/Orange Honeywell 3 ring binder.
6. Box of 8" floppys with my 2780/3780 and Hasp project. I think it
even has my Hasp processor written in Cobol!
I brought the books with me from Arizona, and can scan what ever you want.
Lets go off list for those details at rollerton at gmail.com
Best of luck with your find, I recall having a lot of fun that that
machine and its OS (BES400 I think it was called). Love to see one of
them again.
bob.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de> wrote:
Hi Robert,
I worked on a 6/36 back in uh... 1977-78 doing
3780 & HASP, and I have
a few manuals tucked away, have to look this weekend.
That sounds good! Looking forward to hear more.
--
http://www.hachti.de
16 Jan
16 Jan
10:51 a.m.
I have placed scans of the Marketing pamphlet for the 6/06 and the 4
Honeywell Level 6 manuals I have here:
They will probably be getting shuffled into some kind of directory structure
in a few days but I will leave the Level 6 docs where they are until at
least Feb 1 so you have some time to download them. These will be offered
to Bitsavers as well.
I hope these are useful to you. It would be fun to see a Level 6 running
again.
best of luck,
bob.
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de> wrote:
Hi,
are here people with intimate knowledge of Honeywell Level-6 (Series 60)
computers? Or documentation?
I got two Level-6/06 machines. Those seem to be somewhat different from the
rest of the line as they should be downwards compatible to the X16 machines.
But I have no single manual for them. All I have are some Level-6 manuals
talking about other machines. In one of them, the 6/06 is mentioned as
special and "Series 700" (WHAT is that?!?) compatible. And that it is
explicitly not subject of the manual and that it as its own manual that I do
not have. I also don't have any schematics.
Best wishes,
Philipp :-)
--
http://www.hachti.de
12:24 p.m.
I think u forgot to put the web address in
Chris
On 1/16/10, Robert Ollerton <rollerton at gmail.com> wrote:
I have placed scans of the Marketing pamphlet for the 6/06 and the 4
Honeywell Level 6 manuals I have here:
They will probably be getting shuffled into some kind of directory
structure
in a few days but I will leave the Level 6 docs where they are until at
least Feb 1 so you have some time to download them. These will be offered
to Bitsavers as well.
I hope these are useful to you. It would be fun to see a Level 6 running
again.
best of luck,
bob.
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de>
wrote:
Hi,
are here people with intimate knowledge of Honeywell Level-6 (Series 60)
computers? Or documentation?
I got two Level-6/06 machines. Those seem to be somewhat different from
the
rest of the line as they should be downwards
compatible to the X16
machines.
But I have no single manual for them. All I have
are some Level-6 manuals
talking about other machines. In one of them, the 6/06 is mentioned as
special and "Series 700" (WHAT is that?!?) compatible. And that it is
explicitly not subject of the manual and that it as its own manual that I
do
not have. I also don't have any schematics.
Best wishes,
Philipp :-)
--
http://www.hachti.de
2:48 p.m.
Well that might just might save my server.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Chris Halarewich <halarewich at gmail.com>wrote:
I think u forgot to put the web address in
Chris
On 1/16/10, Robert Ollerton <rollerton at gmail.com> wrote:
manuals
I have placed scans of the Marketing pamphlet for the 6/06 and the 4
Honeywell Level 6 manuals I have here:
They will probably be getting shuffled into some kind of directory
structure
in a few days but I will leave the Level 6 docs where they are until at
least Feb 1 so you have some time to download them. These will be
offered
to Bitsavers as well.
I hope these are useful to you. It would be fun to see a Level 6 running
again.
best of luck,
bob.
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> are here people with intimate knowledge of Honeywell Level-6 (Series
60)
computers? Or documentation?
I got two Level-6/06 machines. Those seem to be somewhat different from
the
rest of the line as they should be downwards
compatible to the X16
machines.
> But I have no single manual for them. All I have are some Level-6 > talking about other machines. In one of
them, the 6/06 is mentioned as
> special and "Series 700" (WHAT is that?!?) compatible. And that it is
> explicitly not subject of the manual and that it as its own manual that
I
do
not have. I also don't have any schematics.
Best wishes,
Philipp :-)
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