PDP-8/m Mystery Board -- CCMP 316 ?

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Sat Nov 20 16:43:37 1999

At 02:16 PM 11/20/99 -0800, Zane wrote:
>Here is the info on the Mystery boards (I have two of them):
>American Sign
> & Ind Corp
>CCMP 316
>
>They have two connectors labled as follows:
>Data Output {24-pin Berg connector}
>
>Temp Interface {24-pin Berg connector}
>
>The Data Output connector is the one that the mystery cable I mentioned
>yesterday goes to. The on end of the cable is the 24-pin Berg connector,
>the other end a 10-pin Cannon Plug.


Cool, you've picked up a bank sign! This system was used to display a
message in lights up on a pole somewhere and alternate that with the
current temperature. If its like the one I've seen there is a 2708
character ROM on the "data" board. The I played with could display a
message that is about 65 characters in length on a 32 x 16 set of light
bulbs. I checked and I don't have any data any more on the sign, I may
still have a paper tape around here somewhere.

--Chuck
Received on Sat Nov 20 1999 - 16:43:37 GMT