Scientific Development Corporation Minivac 601, Getting Acquainted

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EXPERIMENT |
OF PROGRAMMING WIRES
his experim ent demonstrates the use of programming
wires to make connections on M IN IV A C 601 .
l y Take two programming w ire s. G rasp one
end of the first w ire firm ly between your
thumb and fo refin g er.
Connect this end of the programming
w ire to terminal
1
+ on the
computer panel by pushing
it into one of the two holes
just below the + in section
1
of the computer.
3 ) Take the other end of this program­
ming w ire and connect
1
+ to
terminal
1
A by pushing it
into one of the two holes
just above the letter A in
section
1
of the computer.
^ / S i m i l a r l y , connect terminal 1 B to
terminal
1
- w ith the second programming
w ir e . These connections cause lamp 1
to lig h t when the Power Sw itch is turned o n .
This simple c irc u it is discussed
further in Experiment 2 .
Disconnect the programming w ire by pulling both ends from the
computer term inals. Do N O T disconnect the program­
ming w ires from the console by pulling on the w ire
because the w ire may b re ak . A ll programming w ires
should be disconnected after each experim ent or problem.
W IR IN G SH O RTH A N D
A W IR IN G SH O R TH A N D is used to in d icate connections w hich are to be
made on the computer by sim ply w riting the two terminal designations
w ith a slash in betw een. In Experiment 1 , terminal 1 + was connected
to terminal 1 A . This is w ritten in shorthand-------- — ■ , /
A series of such shorthand w iring instructions w ill be given to
' /
1/^
describe the w iring of a complete c ir c u it .
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