[GreenKeys] Periferic, was : Charmilles ZIP ASR

[Nico de Jong]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Elmquist" <chrise at pobox.com>
To: "Nico de Jong" <nico at farumdata.dk>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Charmilles ZIP ASR


>I have encountered this company name in the CNC machine space.  There are
> a number of eBay sellers offering parts for a "Charmilles Roboform Robofil
> EDM machine" and in particular, I came across it looking for TU-58 tape
> drives for DEC PDP-11 equipment.  I suspect they used PDP-11s to control
> the EDM CNC machines.
>
> There's a little more info here,
>
> http://www.alibaba.com/member/ch114221148.html
>
> Chris N0JCF

It shows that the printer was an OEM product, manufactured by Periferic from 
Paris. The comapny seems to be closed, as the address is occupied by an art 
gallery.
The printer, well, terminal is called ASR ZIP 30?, where the ? can be 0, P 
or D.
It is microprocessor based, and speaks RS232. It runs 110 - 4800 bps.
Would anyone have more info on this beast? I have the full diagrams, so if 
we could swap ....

Nico 


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