27 Apr
2011
27 Apr
'11
9 a.m.
I've uploaded photos of a Nuclear Data ND 812 system that I obtained
recently. Its a little dirty, but its a rare system. It is the
companion lab equipment that goes with the Nuclear Data ND 6600
terminal that I obtained earlier. I haven't reverse engineered all
the subsystems yet, so some of my current understanding is guesswork.
However, the system appears to consist of:
- ND 812 CPU rack chassis
- (2) peripheral control rack chassis
- 1 dual 8" floppy drive rack chassis with drives and controller
- 1 dual 8" floppy drive rack chassis containing only a power supply
- (2) ND 600 data entry terminals with 4 NIM slots each
Pictures:
<https://picasaweb.google.com/legalize.slc/NuclearDataND812#>
Bitsavers docs on the ND 812: <http://bitsavers.org/pdf/nd/>
NIM standard:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Instrumentation_Module>
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27 Apr
10:40 a.m.
2011-04-27 18:00, Richard skrev:
I've uploaded photos of a Nuclear Data ND 812
system that I obtained
recently. Its a little dirty, but its a rare system. It is the
companion lab equipment that goes with the Nuclear Data ND 6600
terminal that I obtained earlier.
Thanks for showing an unusual system. I have seen a ND terminal once, a
friend of mine has one. I also used to own a NIM module, but I gave it
away as part of a trade (at least I think so, I will double check).
Regards,
Pontus.
11:15 a.m.
In article <4DB85509.1000800 at update.uu.se>,
Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> writes:
2011-04-27 18:00, Richard skrev:
If your friend's terminal is anything like mine, its pretty useless
all by itself. There is no video refresh circuitry in the terminal at
all, merely circuitry to drive the CRT deflection coils/yokes from the
externally supplied signal. Its kinda more like a monitor than a
terminal in that regard. You could consider the terminal a monitor +
keyboard combination. The keyboard sends back data over a flat
ribbon cable.
If your friend is interested in selling his terminal, let me know.
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I've uploaded photos of a Nuclear Data ND 812
system that I obtained
recently. Its a little dirty, but its a rare system. It is the
companion lab equipment that goes with the Nuclear Data ND 6600
terminal that I obtained earlier.
Thanks for showing an unusual system. I have seen a ND terminal once, a
friend of mine has one. I also used to own a NIM module, but I gave it
away as part of a trade (at least I think so, I will double check). 
12:24 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
2011-04-27 18:00, Richard skrev:
I never owned any NIM modules myself, but AMANDA (the Antarctic Muon
And Neutrino Detector Array - the predecessor to IceCube) had a couple
NIM bins, so I had to maintain a little bit of it a few years back.
Mostly, I moved a trigger cable now and again and replaced dead PSUs.
The modules themselves were quite robust.
-ethan
I've uploaded photos of a Nuclear Data ND 812 system that I obtained
recently...
... I also used to own a NIM module, but I gave it away
as part of a trade
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