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[Anders Nelson]

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On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 8:50 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

>     > From: Paul Birkel
>
>     > the blinky-lights controller panel top-dead-center :->.
>
> Yeah, that's a TC08.
>
> I actually have one of those inlays, it's the only original inlay I have.
> It
> was the model for the large run of blank inlays (black backing with the
> holes
> on the back, but nothing on the front) I just had made. At the moment, it's
> sitting in my indicator panel stand with little bits of tape stuck to it:
>
>   http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/QSIC/jpg/PanelMounting.jpg
>   http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/QSIC/jpg/DasBlinken2F.jpg
>
> so it can be an inlay for the RKV12. If anyone needs a TC08 inlay, I'd be
> happy to trade it for any other inlay (as long as I have one original for
> engineering purposes).
>
>
> Sigh, need to get back to the inlays and take the next step with them!
>
> Dave B and I got derailed trying to find/fix a flaky on the QSIC - on my
> prototype, it would occasionally get NXM's running the RK random exerciser
> I
> wrote. I was trying to figure out what the problem was, and I got tired of
> the prototype sticking out in my way:
>
>   http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/jpg/tmp/JNCQSIC.jpg
>
> (with the FPGA daughter-board on top, even with short cables, it has to be
> on
> an extender), so I rotated the QBUS chassis 90 degrees so the QSIC was on
> top, and took the opportunity to re-order the boards. Bad mistake! Now the
> problem has gone away and I can't re-create it!
>
>         Noel
>