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A project log for THE PERTEC WHISPERER-MAINFRAME TAPE DRIVE EMULATOR

A.K.A. THE 9 TRACK TAPE DRIVE COMMUNICATOR Talking to Mainframes Era Reel to Reel 9 track tape drives

skaarj[skaarj] 02/20/2019 at 20:212 Comments

My Frankenstein motherboard just completed its first test - serial RS232 data transfer at 9600 baud to the VFD Display. 

A friend sold me a HP 1662 logic analyzer with one of the probing cable missing, so I built an adapter.  All those vertical IDC40-M connectors you see on top of the peripheral boards will go to this logic analyzer.

In the mean time I am preparing the box where all this frankenmonster will stay hidden.

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dcurbat wrote 05/15/2019 at 10:11 point

Well done!

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Ken Yap wrote 02/21/2019 at 09:47 point
👍👍👍

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