[rescue] INMOS B008 Transputer Host

[Richard]

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> On 20 Jul 2018, at 19:39, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>
> Ok so to help have taken some quick photos of the B008 that I have and
their
> jumpers (all are setup for host use if I recall) these are working jumpers.
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> Top INMOS B008 bottom Transtech TMB08
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> Transtech - check the back of the board it may have a silk screen for the
> jumpers
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> Inmos B0008
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> Another inmos b008 variant
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> Ardex board
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> Hope they are useful
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>> On 20 Jul 2018, at 19:25, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Luigi
>>
>> If you are over at geekdot then you are certainly at the right place. Axel
> has a wealth of information on Transputers and is probably one of the most
> active these days. I have been playing with transputers for a while now and
> developing some boards to support the transputer CPU's. They can be found
over
> at RetroBrewComputers.org if you ever get the bug seriously....:-) .
>>
>> Anyway to your problem.
>>
>> What B008 do you have exactly? There are a few variations around, some
have
> jumpers and others have dip switches. Also is it an INMOS or a Transtech
> board?
>>
>> Is there a C004 onboard the B008 board? If so I recall the recommendation
is
> to remove it if it is socketed for the first tests as it is just another
lot
> of complication (you have to configure it with software)
>>
>> The following user manual is a good start for configuration information
for
> the INMOS B008
>> http://www.transputer.net/mg/b008ug2/b008ug2.pdf
>>
>> OR this for the Transtech clone
>> http://www.transputer.net/mg/tmbm711/tmbm711.pdf
>>
>> You need to make sure that the B008 it is setup to use the PC as a host
(it
> is possible to set the boards up to chain multiple B008's together and thus
> not be able to talk to it. But you say that you can talk to it using debug
so
> I think you are OK there)
>>
>> I would remove any of the pipe jumpers.
>>
>> I would start with only 1 TRAM in Slot 0 of the B008. Make sure that you
> have the TRAM inserted with the right orientation there should be a white
or
> yellow triangle on the B008 and on the TRAM, line them up. If the first
TRAM
> doesn't work in Slot 0, I would try each TRAM in slot 0 until you find one
> that works.
>>
>> If you would like to send me a photo of your  B008 and the TRAMs I may be
> able to assist more.
>>
>> hope that helps
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Jul 2018, at 5:55 PM, Luigi Thirty wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Ibve acquired an INMOS B008 ISA transputer host adapter and a couple
> TRAMs
>>> to go with it (two 1MB T800s and a 4MB T800+DSP) but Ibm having some
> trouble
>>> getting it set up and going. Ibve found all the manuals and software on
>>> transputer.net <http://transputer.net/> but the damn thing wonbt connect
> to
>>> any TRAMs.
>>>
>>> Ibm following the instructions at the bottom of this page
>>> (http://www.geekdot.com/basic-transputer-tools/
>>> <http://www.geekdot.com/basic-transputer-tools/>) to check the host
status
>>> using DEBUG.COM <http://debug.com/>. The board shows up and acknowledges
>>> commands at 150h like it should but the error flag is always set. ISPY
and
>>> ISERVER canbt see the root transputer.
>>>
>>> I have pipe jumpers set up on all the empty slots. Ibve tried all the
> TRAMs
>>> in slot 0. Ibm not sure what to look at next since I havenbt worked
with
>>> any transputer hardware before. Anyone out there who can help?
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