31 Jan
2002
31 Jan
'02
12:36 p.m.
I have seen these before. We got Nuclear Data stuff from Hanford. It is used
as a computer that ran process instrumentation in the Nuclear Power
Plant/Research s. Usually they were 11/03s, sometimes upgraded to 11/23s, in
a small Qbus cage.
Often there are a lot of custom cards for the process instrumentation. What
cards are in it, or did you mention and I just miss it.
Things to look for are EPROM cards. Does it boot? What is the floppy drive
hooked up to?
Often there are custom display cards. Sometimes A/D & D/A cards.
Did you check to see if it glows in the dark? :-) Any idea where it
originally came from?
Paxton
Astoria, OR
31 Jan
31 Jan
11:20 a.m.
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
I have seen these before. We got Nuclear Data stuff
from Hanford. It is
used as a computer that ran process instrumentation in the Nuclear Power
Plant/Research s. Usually they were 11/03s, sometimes upgraded to
11/23s, in a small Qbus cage.
Cool.
Often there are a lot of custom cards for the process
instrumentation. What
cards are in it, or did you mention and I just miss it.
I only was able to check a couple cards because it was hard getting at
them all (too many cables strapped over the cards). There are two EPROM
cards in the back of the cage which I assumed had some firmware.
Things to look for are EPROM cards. Does it boot? What
is the floppy drive
hooked up to?
I couldn't fire it up because it uses the old-style oval power cord. I
have one around somewhere but misplaced it. I didn't see where the disk
drive was attached to but I assume it was to one of the cards.
Often there are custom display cards. Sometimes A/D
& D/A cards.
There must've been both types. Something has to drive the CRT. There
were also 8 or so BNC connectors on the back, presumably for connecting up
to some external equipment.
Did you check to see if it glows in the dark? :-) Any
idea where it
originally came from?
It apparently came out of I think Humboldt State University California.
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