> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:22:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Doug Salot <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: dec Lab Modules
> In-Reply-To: <200204240417.g3O4HZQ23049_at_shell1.aracnet.com>
>
> I think he's asking about "laboratory modules" -- the *original* DEC
> products from 1957 or so. You snapped the lab modules into a power
> backplane (power supply was one of the "DEC Building Blocks") and
> connected the logic elements via patch cords.
>
> The power pins aren't documented in my 1960 dec logic handbook, and they
> don't seem to be documented in Bell's "Computer Engineering" either, so I
> assume you need to find a "DEC Building Blocks" technical bulletin or
> reverse engineer one of the lab modules -- this might help:
>
> http://www.ulib.org/webRoot/Books/Saving_Bell_Books/Computer_Engineering/00000128.htm
I have here in my hands a 4-page "Specifications/Prices" sheet that
is titled "DEC Digital Test Equipment" and covers the building blocks.
But not in enough detail to determin pinouts. It is dated November 1958.
carl
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carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein_at_ucsd.edu
Received on Wed Apr 24 2002 - 12:48:43 BST