PDP-8/E Paper Tapes from ECRM

From: Christopher McNabb <cmcnabb_at_4mcnabb.net>
Date: Tue Sep 24 20:48:00 2002

While looking through the pile of stuff I got with the PDP-8/E, I found a
tray of papertapes from 'ECRM, INC'. The tapes are labeled as follows:

5365 Board (Video Store) Diag (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc
5000 Series Panel Switches Diag (c) 1975 ECRM, Inc
BTCON 5000 (c) 1974 ECRM,
Inc
Beehive Terminal Diagnostic (c) 1975 ECRM,
Inc
ECRM Keyboard Diagnostic (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc
Dictionary Generator Program SW9122(G) (c) 1974 ECRM,Inc
AutoPrep 1 PaceSetter (c) 1974 ECRM,
Inc
Dictionary Generator Program SW9122(F) (c) 1974 ECRM, Inc.
5342 Board (Stok Search) Diag. (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc
5018 Board (Interrupt Mask) Diag (c) 1976 ECRM, Inc
5005 Board Serial Punch Diag (c) 1976 ECRM,
Inc

The use of some of these is obvious from the label, others are not. I am
assuming that the PDP-8/E was connected to something made by ECRM, but I
have no idea what. I do have one ECRM board, which is the 5005 Serial
Punch/Reader controller.

Does anyone know who ECRM is/was, and what kind of machine/system these
tapes might have been used with?
Received on Tue Sep 24 2002 - 20:48:00 BST