Going by the size, I'd say the Keronix board is for a Data General Nova or one of its ilk. Keronix did make core boards with p/n starting 816 for Novas. **Richard
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:50:10 -0500 From: Jules Richardson<[email protected]> To:[email protected] Subject: Re: DEC PDP-8/e H212 core mat repair Message-ID:<[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed On 7/19/21 3:40 AM, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote:
I believe much of the core manufacturing for DEC minicomputers was outsourced, but a lot of it had become much more automated by the late 60's and early 70's.
I've got a trio of planes here, two of which are from a Lockheed MAC-16, but the other one is made by Keronix out of Santa Monica for an unknown machine (dated 1973, model number "P4" and p/n 816335 if that means anything to anyone, approx 16"x16" with two 100-pin, double-sided finger edge connectors on 0.1" spacing). Anyhoo, the Keronix one has a sticker on it saying it was repaired by DMA, inc. in Amery, WI in 1980 - which might suggest that there were third parties around working on boards, rather than them having to go back to the manufacturer for repair. (I have no idea what the nature of the repair was, of course; maybe it was to surrounding logic rather than the mat itself).
It's worth noting that most computer manufacturers appreciated the fragility of core memory planes at the time, with most of them being protected with either PCB's or perspex/plastic shields on top of the core planes.
Yes, that's how all the ones I've ever seen have been. The Keronix one has an additional shield over the top of the entire PCB, on top of the one protecting the cores. Jules
