On Wed, 17 May 2006, Christian Corti wrote:
I have several unknown ICs from AMI, numbered
1315-P-2, a picture can be
found on ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/cm/ic/ami1315.jpg
I think they came from ITT 3287 terminals (or ITT Courier, or Courier
Terminal Systems). I have several boards from those terminals (all from
around 1976-77), they used the i8008 as processor (see picture).
The unknown AMI IC is found on a board labelled CURSOR/BUFFER. I have boards
with that IC as only LSI chip, or along with a Signetics 2650.
I have some more information in the hope that it might help identify this
chip. First, there are some pictures of the interior of the 1315-P-2 (also
on the FTP site, see above), what you can see is an area with a masked
programmed ROM, drivers and some random logic.
Next, the 2650 is *NOT* from Signetics, it's from Synertek, it's
labelled 2650-P-01, and it's definitely *NOT* a 2650 CPU (completely
different pinout). There's a picture of it sitting on the board along with
the 1315-P-2 in the directory /pub/cm/itt/.
And last (for now), the terminal this came from is an ITT 3285 or ITT
3287, identical to a Courier Terminal Systems C270 terminal, based on the
i8008 and later i8080, that were used as terminals on IBM 360/370 systems.
I have scanned the handbook for installation planning which contains a
product listing, also in /pub/cm/itt/. Does anyone have a copy of the
service manual for this terminal? It should reveal what these chips are.
Is there a datasheet or description of the Synertek chip?
Christian