Fw: New find: HP 1000 E series

From: Jay West <west_at_tseinc.com>
Date: Wed Jun 14 21:08:54 2000

----- Original Message -----
From: Jay West <west_at_tseinc.com>
To: Carlos Murillo-Sanchez <cem14_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: New find: HP 1000 E series


> You wrote....
> You wrote...
> > Slot
> > # card description
> > -----------------------
> > 25 -empty-
> > 24 BACI 12966A
> > 23 Jumper
> > 22 Jumper
> > 21 BACI 12966A
> > 20 BACI 12966A
> > 17 BACI 12966A (note: no slots are labeled 19 or 18)
>
> That's because the slot numbering is octal.
>
> > 16 Jumper
> > 15 Jumper
> > 14 -empty-
> > 13 -empty-
> > 12 DISK INTFC 12821A (HPIB; why a second one?)
> > 11 DISK INTFC 12821A (HPIB)
> > 10 TIMEBASE GEN
>
> Very likely there is a two board controller missing - did you say you have
a
> separate 7970 tape drive? If it's non-HP-IB, then those two missing boards
> are tape-1 and tape-2. You'd want those :)
>
> > Slot
> > # card description
> > -----------------------
> > DCPC D.C.P.C. | Ribbon connector from front fingerpad to bckpln
> > 111 MEMORY PROTECT 22-7931
> > 112 MEM 22-2127
> > 113 -empty-
> > 114 -empty-
> > . .
> > . .
> > 120 -empty-
> > 121 256KW HSM 12749M | these three cards have their left front
> > fingerpads
> > 122 256KW HSM 12749M | joined by ribbon cable. Right front finger
> > pads
> > 123 MEM CNTLR 2102E | not connected.
>
> Memory options - DMA (DCPC), Memory Protect, and Extended Memory ( >
32KW).
>
> > I did not move the cards around, but again, maybe some cards are
> > missing.
> > I don't know what OS the system was running.
>
> RTE, DOS, BCS? I dunno - I'd make a wild stab at what you've said so far
> about the machine that it was RTE.
>
> > I guess that the first thing that I have to do now that I tested the
> > power supply and verified that the machine (seems to) turn on,
> > is to build a serial console cable for this. I have several cables
> > that will fit the BACI boards, but the connectors at the other
> > end have been cut off. Does anybody have the pin out for the
> > finger pads in the front of the BACI boards?
>
> I use 12531 controllers. I do have a few baci boards, but I'm not sure
what
> docs I have on them. I'll look, but anyone else have this handy?
>
> Jay West
>
Received on Wed Jun 14 2000 - 21:08:54 BST