Re: Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread Mattis Lind
2016-09-22 22:24 GMT+02:00 Pete Lancashire : > I would start looking at the Display DACs (Vol 2 p 2-10, and 2-11) Each > DAC consists of a 6820 PIA, then LS TTL Latches, diodes, and discrete & dip > resistor arrays. Then an OP Amp. to do the summing. Today it would all be > one IC. > > In charact

Re: HP 7970B/E Tape Unit manual available

2016-09-22 Thread curiousmarc3
I'll gladly take them if they are still available. Let me know how much the shipping is to California. Marc > On Sep 22, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > Hi, all, I have a HP 7970B/E Tape Unit Diagrams and Parts Manual available; I > got it with a group of other manuals, and I don't h

Re: Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread Pete Lancashire
I would start looking at the Display DACs (Vol 2 p 2-10, and 2-11) Each DAC consists of a 6820 PIA, then LS TTL Latches, diodes, and discrete & dip resistor arrays. Then an OP Amp. to do the summing. Today it would all be one IC. In character mode these two DACs set the base position of each char

Re: Short test programs for pdp 11/34

2016-09-22 Thread Jon Elson
On 09/22/2016 08:55 PM, devin davison wrote: Hello, made some progress with the pdp 11/34 I picked up a while back. Managed to repair the faulty power supply. I am in the process of trying to get a minimal configuration of the machine up and running. I am looking for a short program to key in to

Re: Short test programs for pdp 11/34

2016-09-22 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Devin Davison > I am looking for a short program to key in to try and test the > functionality of the cpu. "BRANCH ." is always a good one - 0777. If that runs, much of the CPU is functional, and any errors found from there should be pretty easy to track down. > Is there

Short test programs for pdp 11/34

2016-09-22 Thread devin davison
Hello, made some progress with the pdp 11/34 I picked up a while back. Managed to repair the faulty power supply. I am in the process of trying to get a minimal configuration of the machine up and running. I am looking for a short program to key in to try and test the functionality of the cpu. Is

Re: Signetics PLS173 PLA fuse numbering?

2016-09-22 Thread Eric Smith
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Glen Slick wrote: > Would have been nice if Signetics had put that information into their > databooks / datasheets. The original 82S173 predated the JEDEC JESD3 standard for PLD fuse data, so numbers weren't assigned. They probably just kept copying the same diagr

Re: Signetics PLS173 PLA fuse numbering?

2016-09-22 Thread Glen Slick
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > there is a better diagram on page 70 of > 981-0251_ProgrammableLogicDiagramPackage_Sep90.pdf > under dataIO which gives the fuse number Excellent. That is exactly what I was trying to find. Thank you. Would have been nice if Signetics had put t

Re: Signetics PLS173 PLA fuse numbering?

2016-09-22 Thread Al Kossow
there is a better diagram on page 70 of 981-0251_ProgrammableLogicDiagramPackage_Sep90.pdf under dataIO which gives the fuse number On 9/22/16 4:23 PM, Glen Slick wrote: > A Signetics PLS173 PLA has a total of 2178 programmable fuses: > > (32 AND gates for logic terms plus 10 AND gates for contr

Re: Free manuals...

2016-09-22 Thread Lyle Bickley
On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:30:22 -0500 Jules Richardson wrote: > On 09/21/2016 06:45 PM, Lyle Bickley wrote: > > I'm cleaning out my library of manuals and books I no longer need > > and before I recycle these particular IBM manuals, I thought > > someone on cctalk might find them useful. They are fr

Signetics PLS173 PLA fuse numbering?

2016-09-22 Thread Glen Slick
A Signetics PLS173 PLA has a total of 2178 programmable fuses: (32 AND gates for logic terms plus 10 AND gates for control terms) times (24 true/complement inputs plus 20 true/complement inputs/outputs) = 1848 fuses (10 OR gates) times (32 AND gates logic term outputs) = 320 fuses 10 fuses for t

Re: Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread Mattis Lind
> > > > http://sendvid.com/k4s7k806 > > > > This link took me a fake virus warning honey trap. I searched for a easy video upload service and found no evidence that this one would be harmful. But if there is other recommendations around I happily use that. No logins though. /Mattis > > -- Charl

Michael Holley

2016-09-22 Thread David Coolbear
I'm not sure that I'm comfortable asking this, but here goes I ran into the famous Michael Holley (www.swtpc.com) at VCF West and had a pleasant conversation. I've emailed him several times at the address on his web page, but haven't had a reply. I'm wondering if he ever hangs out on cctech an

Re: Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread jim stephens
On 9/22/2016 12:08 PM, Charles Anthony wrote: Before the smoke escaped I recorded this short videoclip to show the behavior when typing on the machine and running simple PRINT/GOTO program. http://sendvid.com/k4s7k806 This link took me a fake virus warning honey trap. -- Charles Sendvid m

Re: Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread Charles Anthony
> > > Before the smoke escaped I recorded this short videoclip to show the > behavior when typing on the machine and running simple PRINT/GOTO program. > > http://sendvid.com/k4s7k806 > > This link took me a fake virus warning honey trap. -- Charles

Re: Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread Mattis Lind
>> >> Snip.. > > The beam is required to stay at one location for a certain time and > intensity to be stored in the CRT. If it's moved, or if the intensity is > too low, it will not be stored. > The cursor is set to a lower intensity so it can be seen on the CRT, > flashing, but will not store. Ch

Re: Free manuals...

2016-09-22 Thread Jules Richardson
On 09/21/2016 06:45 PM, Lyle Bickley wrote: I'm cleaning out my library of manuals and books I no longer need and before I recycle these particular IBM manuals, I thought someone on cctalk might find them useful. They are free for the shipping and packaging cost - local pickup gets priority ;)

Re: HP 7970B/E Tape Unit manual available

2016-09-22 Thread Al Kossow
for people that care, I'll be rescanning that series of HP manuals using my long page scanner at 600dpi. They are sitting on the pile next to the scanner right now. I'm trying to decide if I want to attempt getting my 7970 with a dual 7/9 track head running this year. On 9/22/16 8:43 AM, Noel

Looking for a MXV11 board (QBus)

2016-09-22 Thread alex d
Hi, As per the subject, I'm wondering if anyone has a spare MXV11 that they would be willing to part with. It's going in 2x4 (H9281) enclosure, where I'm currently losing two slots to a mem card and a DLV11-J. I would prefer the -BF version, so I can run either my 11/23 or the 11/73 processor c

HP 7970B/E Tape Unit manual available

2016-09-22 Thread Noel Chiappa
Hi, all, I have a HP 7970B/E Tape Unit Diagrams and Parts Manual available; I got it with a group of other manuals, and I don't have any use for it. I'd prefer to get something in return for it (some PDP-11 manual/print I don't have, or something), but mostly I want to get this into the hands of s

Re: Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread Bob Rosenbloom
On 9/22/2016 1:17 AM, Mattis Lind wrote: I cannot find anything mentioned about character blanking in the circuit description. I read this on the topic "Alphanumeric Display": "Refer to the display control block diagram (Fig 6-13). The display coordinate position is generated through the digita

Tektronix 4051 repair.

2016-09-22 Thread Mattis Lind
2016-09-21 22:27 GMT+02:00 Pete Lancashire >: > They look pretty bright to me for a DVST screen. Your problem looks > 'analog', check the character blanking is working, then check the digital > to analog, deflection etc. > I cannot find anything mentioned about character blanking in the circuit d