Installing and Operating the Antique SWTPC 6800 Microcomputer by Jim Billiter – September, 2004
[email protected] A. Unpack and inventory the components. 1. Do not plug in or apply power until instructed below. 2. Inventory of major components: - SWTPC CT-1024 terminal in custom wooden housing - Panasonic 9” video monitor – TR-920M - SWTPC 6800 Computer System - SWTPC AC-30 cassette tape interface - Documentation: yellow binder++ - Two cassette program tapes - Three spare 2102 SRAM ICs (16-pin DIP chips) - Three audio cables B. Connect the hardware components. 1. Connect the gray cable from the AC-30 labeled ‘A’ to the 25-pin (DB-25) connector on the CT-1024 terminal housing labeled ‘A’. 2. Connect the gray cable from the 6800 computer labeled ‘B’ to the DB-25 connector on the CT-1024 terminal housing labeled ‘B’. 3. Connect the white coaxial video cable from the CT-1024 to the rear of the Panasonic video monitor. C. Set the switches. 1. CT-1024 - Power to OFF (left position) - Page to 1 2. Panasonic video monitor - 75 ohm (switch on rear) - Power to OFF (inside front panel) 3. AC-30 - Switches on top cover – both to 300 Baud - Power to OFF - Rem/Loc to Rem - Status – both centered - Read select to A - Record select to A - Manual/Auto to Manual D. Power up. (Power down in the reverse sequence.) 1. Plug in all four major hardware components. 2. Switch Panasonic video monitor’s power ON and wait 15 seconds. 3. Switch CT-1024’s power ON (switch position right) and use the video monitor’s controls to see stable and legible, but meaningless characters on the screen.