[rescue] INMOS B008 Transputer Host

[Luigi Thirty]

Thanks! I emailed Axel and hebs been helpful as well.

Itbs an INMOS revision F with a soldered C004. Ibll remove the pipe
jumpers and get some photos for you later.

> On Jul 20, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>
> Ugh forgot the list strips images have faded you the email to your inbox
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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
>>
>> Hope they are useful
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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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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