So what the heck did I just pick up?

[Aaron Taylor]

I have something from the same company that sounds like it might be the same
type of device. It is an

    RS-670 40 MHz Digital Word Generator.

Mine is obviously a decade or two newer. It includes a small CRT plus
keypad/keyboard and is a general purpose computer. It includes 32 output lines
(plus some misc) and the user can enter a program, either via floppy or by
manual entry on the front panel. That program is played back over the output
lines like a digital function generator.

If you find any caches of manuals for Interface Technologies equipment, let me
know. I don't have a manual for mine.

Aaron


On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 07:24:24PM -0700, John Ames via cctech wrote:
> Ran into this at the electronics-surplus store just down the way from
> my workplace and grabbed it on the cheap. I don't actually know what
> it *is,* but the labels on the switches make it look a *hell* of a lot
> like a 16-bit general-purpose computer of some kind. Despite the
> claims of being "microprocessor-controlled," I looked at every board
> inside the thing and couldn't spot anything that looked like a 16-bit
> or even 8-bit CPU. Genuinely curious what this is, but I can't find
> much on it online - the name pops up in a few archived documents, but
> Bitsavers doesn't have anything for the company. Though the design is
> attributed to Stanley Kubota and Edward Corby - looks like Mr. Kubota
> still has an online presence at https://www.exsellsales.com/about-us/
> so I'll have to drop them a line...
> 
> Anybody heard of or encountered one of these before?
> 
> http://www.commodorejohn.com/whatsit-front.jpg
> http://www.commodorejohn.com/whatsit-back.jpg