8 Nov
2016
8 Nov
'16
1:44 p.m.
another rathole :-(
picked up some ST125 mfm drives and a multibus-ish floppy/mfm controller on ebay that came
from a AR/Telenex
8600 Autoscope, which is a high-level protocol analyzer because it used an example of a
hard disk controller
chip I had never seen used before (Signetics 68454)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/282236398895
found the manual for the 7000 series on line, and just bought a whole 8600 Turbo
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331829268184
so now I'm looking for software and manuals for that.
fortunately, it looks like the software is still on the hard disk in the one I bought.
8 Nov
8 Nov
2:21 p.m.
To hijack this thread...
While sorting out some more stuff here I found an Atlantic Research
protocol analyser.
The front cover says it's a model 3600, but some of the PCBs say 4500
on them. Since
from what little is on-line the 3600 could be upgraded
to a 4500, I
wonder if that is what
happened to mine.
Anyway, it needs a lot of work. It looks like it was dropped from a
great height. The
plastic case covers are cracked. The chassis is twisted. It will need a new CRT.
The cartridge tape drive is in many pieces. But the PCBs all look
intact and it seems
like an interesting challenge to get t to run again.
I don't suppose anyone has the manuals for it....
-tony
2:35 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
On 11/8/16 11:21 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
I am pretty sure the 4600 is totally different (it's the 3600 and 4500
that I am looking for). It's probably going to be less hassle to trace
the whole lot out. At least I recognise all the ICs apart from one
(and that's on one of the boards labelled '4500' so I may not have
to worry about it).
A project for the distant future, I think...
-tony
I don't suppose anyone has the manuals for
it....
there are a couple of 4600 technical manuals listed on eBay
they probably won't have schematics, though
6:46 p.m.
On 08/11/16 19:35, Tony Duell wrote:
I am pretty sure the 4600 is totally different
(it's the 3600 and 4500
that I am looking for). It's probably going to be less hassle to trace
the whole lot out. At least I recognise all the ICs apart from one
(and that's on one of the boards labelled '4500' so I may not have
to worry about it).
A project for the distant future, I think...
I have manuals for the ARC Interview 7000 and the Interview 8000, but I
suspect that they are sufficiently different
as to be of no use to you. I do think they are scanned though, so if you
think they might be useful, please shout.
Antonio
--
Antonio Carlini
arcarlini at iee.org
7:44 p.m.
On 11/8/16 3:46 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote:
I have manuals for the ARC Interview 7000 and the Interview 8000, but I suspect that they
are sufficiently different
as to be of no use to you. I do think they are scanned though, so if you think they might
be useful, please shout.
It would be nice to add them to the archive.
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