Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the > standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to > customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here: >

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > Oooh, thanks ever so much for turning that up!!! > > OK, I have added them to the page - I lost a little resolution rotating them > to be level, but there's still more than enough to recogize them, and mostly >

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 8:53 PM On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: I have one of those: http://www.so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/typeset/typeset.php My notes say it's a PA36. It's not buried too deeply; I could try to find the nameplate if need be. Almost

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: > From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 AM >> >> OK I still can't get at the box; it's apparently buried deep. So can't >> confirm what the label calls it. But here it is and the panel on the >> front: >>

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> Oooh, thanks ever so much for turning that up!!! OK, I have added them to the page - I lost a little resolution rotating them to be level, but there's still more than enough to recogize them, and mostly read them. > So that mystery panel seems to be a general panel, more associated

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

> From: Mike Ross >> It seems to be always near the CPU ... there are only a few >> possibilities: BA15 (paper tape controller), DW15A (bus converter), >> KE15 (extended arithmetic), MM15-A and MK15-A (memory). It might also >> be a BD15 ... since that was listed as having an

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 4:36 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Al Kossow > > > we have one > > ... > > i'll request access to it to shoot the panel > > Excellent! That's currently the worst image of all of the ones on the page, > so a good one will really

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

> From: Al Kossow > we have one > ... > i'll request access to it to shoot the panel Excellent! That's currently the worst image of all of the ones on the page, so a good one will really count. Thanks! (Although I am a bit curious at to why the Museum's Web site doesn't offer

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

From: Mike Ross: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:42 AM OK I still can't get at the box; it's apparently buried deep. So can't confirm what the label calls it. But here it is and the panel on the front: http://corestore.org/Decbox.jpg I have one of those:

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

2016-08-19 9:13 GMT+02:00 : > Noel said: > > (seems to include a D/A, from what little I can find > > on it online) > > I have that A/D unit ('A-D CONVERTER' as it says on the panel) from when I > collected the Fox 2/10. It's complete as far as I can tell. I can take some >

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > >> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several >> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches >> IIRC... can't recall the DEC

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Noel said: > (seems to include a D/A, from what little I can find > on it online) I have that A/D unit ('A-D CONVERTER' as it says on the panel) from when I collected the Fox 2/10. It's complete as far as I can tell. I can take some photos of it, if any interest. Also a belated thanks to

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Mattis Lind > > The other one seems to be the same as this one: > > > http://www.hal1.se/Rolfs_web/Rolfs_images/1975_1/pages/7503%2003.htm > > > > The panel to the left is RF15 and the right

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > >> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from >> DEC documentation added to the page - can someone provide a better one? > > we have one >

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oh.. there's a cool picture of a PDP-15 here: http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/gallery/ral/orig/r12588.jpg On 8/18/16 1:57 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > >> OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from >> DEC

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On 8/18/16 10:02 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > OK, I have identified the one on the far right as a VT15. (Crappy image from > DEC documentation added to the page - can someone provide a better one? we have one http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102691234 i'll request access to it

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> From: Mattis Lind >> To start with, there's this image: >> >> http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gdmr/Historical/Photos/1980.08-PDP1540.jpg >> >> That's clearly an FP15 on the lower left, and I have identified the >> center one as a TC15, but what are the other two?

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> > > There are still some other -15 panels showing up in pictures, which I have > no > idea about. To start with, there's this image: > > http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/gdmr/Historical/Photos/1980.08-PDP1540.jpg > > That's clearly an FP15 on the lower left, and I have identified the center > one

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

> From: Mike Ross > Here's the FP15 you were looking for... Oooh, thanks; I had that image, wasn't exactly sure what it was. I hadn't done much with the PDP-15 panels, in part because it wasn't my focus (the -11) panels, in part because it seemed like there were a ton of them, in the

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On 17/08/2016 21:56, Noel Chiappa wrote: So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here:

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > >> I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several >> sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches >> IIRC... can't recall the DEC

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On 8/17/16 2:45 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > I also have an odd box... it's pdp-8/L in style but housed several > sets of boards for controlling multiple paper tape readers/punches > IIRC... can't recall the DEC designator. PR68, used in typesetting.

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the > standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to > customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here: >

Re: DEC Indicator Panels page

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the > standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to > customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here: >

DEC Indicator Panels page

So, I've been working for a while on a page about DEC indicator panels (the standardized 36x4 light arrays which go into a 19" rack, with an inlay to customize it to a particular device). It's online now, here: http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/DECIndicatorPanels.html Does anyone happen to