RE: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-03 Thread Dave Wade
king for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate > Controller > > On 10/31/2016 01:04 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: > > Over the years I've played around with a few old CAMAC (*) modules, by > > today's standard they pretty much have zero value, anyway that's > >

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-03 Thread Pete Lancashire
For me starting in my early 20's at a Test & Measurement company, (btw at one time has to option to buy DEC) and being in the division that stuck a PDP11/40 (eventually a 11/84) in a rack along a bunch of T I've been from time to time collecting, specially from what I consider the boom years, the

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-02 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/02/2016 12:53 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: In a past life I did quite a few Test & Measurement setups, started with dedicated I/O, then added GPIB, and later VXI Always enjoyed the challenge of automating stimulus and measurement. In the mid 90s I helped add GPIB to a NIM & CAMAC setup. But

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-02 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/02/2016 11:52 AM, Al Kossow wrote: I'd like to add them to bitsavers if you can scan them. I just threw out most of the CAMAC stuff that I had. Weird Stuff should have two crates that I dumped off yesterday. Well, the drawings are big sheets (at least C size) diazo prints in really

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-02 Thread Pete Lancashire
In a past life I did quite a few Test & Measurement setups, started with dedicated I/O, then added GPIB, and later VXI Always enjoyed the challenge of automating stimulus and measurement. In the mid 90s I helped add GPIB to a NIM & CAMAC setup. But never got to really play with any of the

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-02 Thread Al Kossow
I'd like to add them to bitsavers if you can scan them. I just threw out most of the CAMAC stuff that I had. Weird Stuff should have two crates that I dumped off yesterday. I was going to use it for reading tapes, but it doesn't make sense given the higher performace inexpensive A/Ds you can

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-02 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/31/2016 01:04 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: Over the years I've played around with a few old CAMAC (*) modules, by today's standard they pretty much have zero value, anyway that's another story. Recently I've been offered a CAMAC to Unibus board. A Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller . A

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-11-01 Thread Philipp Hachtmann
On 10/31/2016 07:04 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: Over the years I've played around with a few old CAMAC (*) modules, by today's standard they pretty much have zero value, anyway that's another story. Recently Zero value? But they look nice. So .. anyone have the manual ? I *might* have some

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-10-31 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/31/2016 01:04 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: Over the years I've played around with a few old CAMAC (*) modules, by today's standard they pretty much have zero value, anyway that's another story. Well, actually, there are still a fair amount of CAMAC modules used in various research labs.

Re: Looking for info on a CAMAC module - Kinetic 3912 Unibus Crate Controller

2016-10-31 Thread Brian Marstella
Pete, I think I might have a few Kinetic CAMAC brochures and user manuals. I'll have to dig around but if you don't have another source, maybe I can scan them. We had a 2 large crates in our testing lab that I kick myself for not taking. I had no use for them but it's still some interesting