Hello! Thought I might bring you an update on the PDP-7.
IT FRIGGIN' POWERED UP!!!!
*ahem*
With shaking hands (afraid the huge caps would explode all over me), on
Wednesday 28th of May, I flipped the magic switch. Nothing happened. I
flipped it again, and it worked. The surprise of it not catching fire was
enough for me to yell without noticing it, "It WORKS, damnit!". I then
proceeded to point at it and make a funny sound. Video of this will come
up on
http://tore.nortia.no/video when I have time to digitalize it.
The rest of the day was spent testing the memory and the CPU (which mostly
works). Thursday I tested the IO further, as did I on Friday. I got the
paper tape punch to revolve, and feed at the command of the conveniently
marked "Feed" button on the console.
Now, further I/O repairs need doing, and maybe constructing an emulated
Paper-Tape Reader is nessecary - - if so, I'll hook up the punch to it as
well.
Please see
http://tore.nortia.no for continuing coverage. If you ever
worked on this machine, especcialy while on DEC's side, LET ME KNOW!
PLEASE; drop me a line!
And yes, we do have software. Lots and lots of it in good condition. Don't
know about the DECtapes though.
Love, Piece, and Understatements
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