31 Jan
2002
31 Jan
'02
8:31 a.m.
Has anyone ever heard of Nuclear Data? I found this
cool-assed computer
today. It's an all-in-one unit (CRT/keyboard/diskdrive/CPU) and is fairly
big (say, as big as an IBM Datamaster, bigger than a PET).
Yes. I saw one recently in a big pile of equipment SwRI was surplussing. I
couldn't divert it from the surplus stream. It was supposed to go to a
surlpus dealer around here, whose name is on a piece of paper on my desk,
which is bad news because I may never see it again. I can excavate if you
need it, no promises though.
Don't recall whether it was a '66. It seemed to have some o-scope or data
acquisition type functions on it as well as computer stuff - I did not look
closely.
- Mark
31 Jan
31 Jan
12:17 a.m.
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Mark Tapley wrote:
Yes. I saw one recently in a big pile of equipment
SwRI was surplussing.
I couldn't divert it from the surplus stream. It was supposed to go to a
surlpus dealer around here, whose name is on a piece of paper on my
desk, which is bad news because I may never see it again. I can excavate
if you need it, no promises though.
Not necessary, but it's sufficiently neat that I would highly recommend
you track the beast down and rescue it.
Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten anything in the way of information
about this. The thread launched into a description of the VT-103 which
this is obviously not. SOMEBODY must have used one of these at some point
and has some information on it.
Did I forget to mention it has a 5.25" drive on the front near the CRT?
It would be cool to get some OS software for it, but I'm thinking it might
be able to boot something from the onboard firmware.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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3 Feb
11 a.m.
At 02:17 PM 1/31/02 +0000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten anything in
the way of information
about this. The thread launched into a description of the VT-103 which
this is obviously not. SOMEBODY must have used one of these at some point
and has some information on it.
Did I forget to mention it has a 5.25" drive on the front near the CRT?
It would be cool to get some OS software for it, but I'm thinking it might
be able to boot something from the onboard firmware.
I've got one of these things sitting in my basement. No documentation or
software for it, but I have some pictures up at:
http://www.decodesystems.com/help-wanted/index.html#nd66
Cheers,
Dan
2:12 p.m.
The ND66 box that you have is the front end of a pulse height analyzer
used with x-ray/gamma ray/neutron etc. detectors. These beasties grab
the pulses coming from the detectors, measure their amplitude, and
increment a histogram thereby generating an energy spectrum.
The box was often hooked to a PDP11 for additional data storage and
massaging. If I remember correctly, it will run 4 different acquisition
heads and talks DDCMP over the serial port.
CRC
On Sunday, February 3, 2002, at 06:00 PM, Dan Veeneman wrote:
At 02:17 PM 1/31/02 +0000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten
anything in the way of
information
about this. The thread launched into a description of the VT-103 which
this is obviously not. SOMEBODY must have used one of these at some
point
and has some information on it.
Did I forget to mention it has a 5.25" drive on the front near the CRT?
It would be cool to get some OS software for it, but I'm thinking it
might
be able to boot something from the onboard firmware.
I've got one of these things sitting in my basement. No documentation
or
software for it, but I have some pictures up at:
http://www.decodesystems.com/help-wanted/index.html#nd66
Cheers,
Dan
2:56 p.m.
More info...
My notes of yore indicate that Nuc Data was bought by Canberra and lo
they still live. Check out <http://www.canberra.com/> . There is a
possibility that they will take pity on someone trying to resurrect one
of their old boxes and come up with the software.
This thread is a bit of serendipity - I'm presently trying to get my
Ortec 6220 pulse height analyzer to stop dropping the first 8 of every
32 data points. I'm not sure if it's the core memory or what. Any one
have prints??
CRC
On Sunday, February 3, 2002, at 09:12 PM, Claude Ceccon wrote:
The ND66 box that you have is the front end of a pulse
height analyzer
used with x-ray/gamma ray/neutron etc. detectors. These beasties grab
the pulses coming from the detectors, measure their amplitude, and
increment a histogram thereby generating an energy spectrum.
The box was often hooked to a PDP11 for additional data storage and
massaging. If I remember correctly, it will run 4 different acquisition
heads and talks DDCMP over the serial port.
CRC
On Sunday, February 3, 2002, at 06:00 PM, Dan Veeneman wrote:
At 02:17 PM 1/31/02 +0000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten
anything in the way of
information
about this. The thread launched into a description of the VT-103
which
this is obviously not. SOMEBODY must have used one of these at some
point
and has some information on it.
Did I forget to mention it has a 5.25" drive on the front near the
CRT?
It would be cool to get some OS software for it, but I'm thinking it
might
be able to boot something from the onboard firmware.
I've got one of these things sitting in my basement. No documentation
or
software for it, but I have some pictures up at:
http://www.decodesystems.com/help-wanted/index.html#nd66
Cheers,
Dan
3:30 p.m.
Claude Ceccon wrote:
More info...
My notes of yore indicate that Nuc Data was bought by Canberra and lo
they still live. Check out <http://www.canberra.com/> . There is a
possibility that they will take pity on someone trying to resurrect one
of their old boxes and come up with the software.
This thread is a bit of serendipity - I'm presently trying to get my
Ortec 6220 pulse height analyzer to stop dropping the first 8 of every
32 data points. I'm not sure if it's the core memory or what. Any one
have prints??
No but if you need to measure nuclear stuff try here for hints.
http://fusor.net.moses.com/board/index.php?site=fusor
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
3:32 p.m.
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Dan Veeneman wrote:
I've got one of these things sitting in my
basement. No documentation or
software for it, but I have some pictures up at:
http://www.decodesystems.com/help-wanted/index.html#nd66
That's the one. Have you booted yours up?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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