[Simh] Rolm 1602

[Tim Shoppa]

Computer History Museum ROLM 1602 page: https://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/if-it-moves-it-should-be-ruggednova/

(Just ROLM! Not Rohm and Haas the plastics company).

Tim

> On Jun 26, 2019, at 7:11 AM, Bob Supnik <bob at supnik.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm fairly sure it existed. ADR (Applied Data Research) only wrote unusual MIMIC simulators when needed. IIRC, we did some sort of process control or analytical instrumentation project for Rolm & Haas itself, and they insisted the 1602 be used. The listing for that is probably in the attic too...
> 
> /Bob
> 
>> On 6/25/2019 8:49 PM, Henry Bent wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 20:41, Bob Supnik <bob at supnik.org <mailto:bob at supnik.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Rolm & Haas made a militarized Nova-compatible minicomputer called
>>    the
>>    1602 - a follow on to their 1601 Ruggednova system. It had an
>>    extended
>>    instruction set. I know this because I found the listings for the
>>    PDP10
>>    based 1602 simulator in my attic tonight. I've never seen any other
>>    documentation.
>> 
>>    I'm not sure this system adds anything to Nova lore, but if people
>>    are
>>    interested, I can try to compile a "feature set" from the PDP10
>>    simulator code.
>> 
>>    /Bob
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>> Was it actually used in production, or did it just exist in a simulator form?  I can easily imagine a simulator for such a thing being written but not surviving past a failed bid process, so no hardware.
>> 
>> -Henry
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