Decitek Reader and Remix punch

[Tom Uban]

At 12:13 PM 7/22/2005 -0400, you wrote:

> >>>>> "Ashley" == Ashley Carder <wacarder at earthlink.net> writes:
>
>  Ashley> Today I obtained a Genrad 1797 programming station.  It
>  Ashley> consists of a PDP-8a, 3 RK05s, a Decitek paper tape reader, a
>  Ashley> Remix paper tape punch, and a Genrad interface unit.  Also
>  Ashley> with the system is a DecWriter III and 3 RK05 16 sector
>  Ashley> packs, as well as an alignment pack.  I have not begun to
>  Ashley> study the system yet.  Quick questions:
>
>  Ashley> 1) The Decitek reader appears to have a serial (EIA / RS232)
>  Ashley> interface.  Can someone point me to some documentaion on how
>  Ashley> this might be interfaced to a PDP-11?
>
>  Ashley> 2) Same question as #1, but for the Remix paper tape punch
>
>Almost all the serial interfaces have RS-232 options -- hook it up to
>your RSTS system...
>
>Assuming that things obey the standard, which pre-PC stuff usually
>did, you can tell from the connector gender whether you need a null
>modem or not.  If the connector is DB-25 male, use a null modem cable;
>if female, use a straight through (DTE to DCE) cable.  The former is
>what I would expect, but surprises happen...

It sounded like maybe the question was whether the standard software
to utilize the reader/punch knew about a reader/punch on a serial
port vs. the standard PC11 interface. I don't know the answer to this
question, but I would guess that Remix (or some 3rd party) made a PC11
compatible interface for the Remix reader/punch.

--tom