SC1041_SAIL_PDP-6_hardware_log_1967-04

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12 May 67

LPT HAS BEEN FIXED?!!

The Connector in the 646 is very marginal it has been taken apart and now pins have " inserted, its better now ---Its less marginal ----

Don't fool with it unless Its Nessecary!!!

And use proper tools if you do

Its not as sturdy as it looks

RANDY

PS. It now Tabs ----

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{Lab notebook page] 28

12 - May - 67 Console teletype sometimes gives two line feeds for the price of one. J. Sauter

12 - May - 67 0500 A file I had been editing for quite a while on DTA2 started getting input errors. Moved it to DTA1; errors went away. J. Sauter

13 - May - 67 0430 New line printer ribbon. J. Sauter

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13 May 67

TTY2 does not take care of TAB's } software in both Mode (input or output) } or 630 and other defects. } SRR

P. Vicars

Printer skips some supplementary pages. P. Vickers

14 May 1967 2230

LPT had blown "PRINTER" breaker on main power panel. Motor would not run, permanent "ALARM STATUS". Reset breaker. No visible smoke.

D. Poole

15 May 1967 0830

REJOICE! POP-10 COMPATIBILITY IS HERE NOW!! FSC NOW NORMALIZES ITS RESULT. EXCEPT FOR UINS5, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO APPRECIATE THE

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GLORY OF THE NEW ORDER, ALL NON-PORNOGRAPHIC POGROMS WILL WORK AS BEFORE. INTEGERS < 2 27 CAN NOW BE FLOATED BY FSC A, 233.

D. W. Poole

P.S. TWO ASTRONAUT CONNECTIONS WERE GENERATED, NEAR IK5 AND 2C2. THEY SHOULD BE FIXED.

D. W. P.

TTY 2 drops and garbles characters when it has been sitting idle. After I use it few minutes trouble seems to go away

Pay C

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TTY 4 was not printing tabs. Result was text printed as if not tabs existed. Switched to TTY 5 and problem went away

-Pieper

15 MAY 0800

GLORIOUS PROGRESS MARCHES ON!! NEW POWER AND GENERALITY EXISTS IN THE PDP-G, NAMELY, FIX AC, XXX000 (FIX = OPCODE 130)

WILL FIX THE FLOATING PT. NO. IN AC (IF IT IS LESS THAN 227 IN MAGNITUDE).

BINARY PT. WILL BE AT RIGHT OF BIT XXX8-1708 (E.G., XXX = 233 FOR PT. AFTER BIT 2510).

DOES NOT ROUND.

D.[W?].P.

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