Saturday, May 16, 2026

Project to support a 1627 plotter on an IBM 1130 is a success!

FULLY SATISFIED WITH THE FUNCTIONALITY

All the testing proved out the card and connectors do exactly what the original IBM parts would do. This is a full substitute for the 5806223 card and various connectors that are installed in an IBM 1130 when IBM configured the machine to support the 1627 plotter. 

GITHUB UPDATED, PROJECT CONSIDERED COMPLETE

I made sure that the Github files for this project are up to date, with a correct bill of materials, FPGA code, PCB design files and other documents. I also shared the board on PCBWay.com so that others could order it directly from them. 

The goal of this project is to allow other IBM 1130 owners to be able to build and use this card in order to connect an IBM 1627 or Calcomp 565/563 plotter and have it draw graphs from programs, just as they would function in a machine with the original IBM 5806223 controller card installed and the 1130 configured by IBM to attach a 1627. 

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