The ultimate ITS machine

[larsbrinkhoff]

Bill of materials for building the ultimate ITS machine.

Component	Part	Source
Processor - KA10	@rcornwell's ka10	http://github.com/rcornwell/sims
Processor - PDP-6	@aap's pdp6	http://github.com/aap/pdp6
Processors - PDP-11/10, /20, /40, /45	SIMH	http://github.com/simh/simh
Console lights	@DavidGriffith's Panda display	https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/panda-display
Console lights	@obsolescence's PiDP-10 console	Concept: https://www.reddit.com/r/PDP10/comments/8awuv1/concept_for_a_pidp10/
Storage - 768K core	Built into ka10
Storage - RP10 + 8xRP03	Built into ka10
Storage - TM10A/B	Built into ka10
Storage - DECtape	Built into ka10
Storage - Type 551 Microcape	?
Printer - XGP	SIMH (in progress)	https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/simh/tree/lars/xgp
Printer - Dover	@livingcomputermuseum's ContrAlto	https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/ContrAlto
Printer - Gould	?
Display - Type 340	Built into ka10
Display - Knight TV	@aap's tv11	http://github.com/aap/tv11
Display - Color TV	?
Display - Imlac	@livingcomputermuseum's sImlac	https://github.com/livingcomputermuseum/sImlac
Display - GT40	SIMH
Display - TK vector display	SIMH	simh/simh#642
Display - E&S LSD-1	?
Display - Color scope	?
Input - Knight keyboard	Built into tv11
Input - Stanford keyboard	Built into ka10	rcornwell/sims#88
Input - Spacewar consoles	Joysticks?
Input - TTY scanners	?
Input - A/D	Joysticks? Mixing board?
Output - D/A	?
Output - Morse	?
Output - System console	Thermal printer
Networking - IMP interface	ka10 (in progress)	https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/ka10-simh/tree/imp
Networking - TCP/IP	Through IMP interface
Networking - Chaosnet	?

[larsbrinkhoff]

Options for Imlac are:

• @tuban's emulator for macOS.
• @livingcomputermuseum's sImlac for Windows(?).

[larsbrinkhoff]

The above is mostly a superset of all KA10 ITS machines. The reasoning behind this is that the KA10 machines had the most interesting peripherals. The KL10 (sorry @eswenson1!) and the KS10s were quite impoverished in that regard. I also take into account hardware support in ITS as is, not what could be.

Of course the KL10 was superior in terms of processing power and memory.

[DavidGriffith]

Regarding my new Panda Display, I've been trying on and off to come up with a 3D-printable bracket or sled to support it in a 5.25" drive bay. Has anyone else been working on or at least thinking about such a thing? I'm aiming for this to be a single piece with the ability to accept a tough vinyl overlay AND allow the display to be removed while the overlay is in place. To do that, the board would have to be screwed into place from the rear. To comply with all this, I might need to move the mounting holes and some parts, but the whole thing will be easier to work with from then on.

[larsbrinkhoff]

@qu1j0t3's upcoming vector display should be a nice addition to this.

[larsbrinkhoff]

I was thinking a cheap thermal printer would be a nice "printing terminal" for the console and system log.

[larsbrinkhoff]

How many displays would you need for this?

• KA10 console
• PDP-6 console
• One Type 340
• One GT40
• One NG display
• A few Knight TVs
• A few Imlacs

So about a dozen. And then input devices to go along: keyboards for most of the displays, and four joysticks each for the Type 340 and NG display.

[larsbrinkhoff]

Some more devices:

• Vidisector - USB webcam.
• Robot arm - USB robot arm.

[DavidGriffith]

I was thinking a cheap thermal printer would be a nice "printing terminal" for the console and system log.

When I bought another PT210 portable printing terminal, there was a few lines of PDP10 stuff on the paper sticking out of the paper slot.

[larsbrinkhoff]

Probably a printout of PDP-6 ITS.