Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:38:44 -0600
From: Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com>
Subject: PDP-8/E MM8EJ G233 Troubles
Hi all,
Recently, my PDP-8/E has been acting funny. I finally had some time tonight
to run a memory test and found that all addresses matching the pattern
XX5XX read back all zeros. Everything else tests fine. I swapped the XY
driver board (G233) and found that the problem went away.
I can't seem to locate a schematic online. My PDP-8/E preliminary
maintenance manual only describes the G227, for the 4k core board. Can
anyone help with a schematic, or judging from the symptom, point me to a
particular area on the board? I've got a 'scope and should be able to
diagnose it if I know where to start looking.
Thanks,
Kyle
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp8/pdp8e/ has the -8/E
maintenance manual set (that is not the preliminary version).
Schematics for your MM8EJ are also there, look at
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp8/pdp8e/MM8-EJ_Engineering_Dr…
- it gives schematics along with some waveforms and some acceptance
tests in the Engineering Specs.
Bob