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Numeridex LC6000 Paper Tape Punch

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I have acquired a Numeridex LC6000 Paper tape punch and reader. It is in really good condition. It turns on but that is all of the testing I have done. The unit has a 'Intel computer inside' with a 8080 processor, 32K of ram and some ROMS. It has RS232 ports. GNT36 paper punch. I think the machine was originally designed for metal manufacturing machinery like stamps, cutters, CNC, etc. The unit was intended to hook to a computer or some other device that was designed to create and edit code for these machines. The machine was very dusty/dirty when it arrived so I dissasembled cleaned and reassembled the unit.
I am looking for manuals, brochures, schematics or any information about this machine. I have already talked to the sales department at this company. They explained to me that the company has changed hands over the years and is a small chance they still have information about earlier products. They said they will see what they can do and get back to me.
Maybe someone has used this machine and could explain how it was used and what it was hooked up to. It would be nice to find more history about how something like this was used.
Thanks for the help.
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Neat! A Multibus system, with what seems to be an Intel iSBC 80/10B powering it. It looks like it's more than just a punch/reader—it seems to be a full computer that happens to have a punch/reader. It would be interesting to see a dump of the EPROMs.
 
Here are the ROM dumps all in a zip file.
just you knowing what intel computer was in it is a huge leap forward for me. I was able to find a technical manual from bitsavers, which means I can finish connecting the baud rate wires and then try to boot it up.
Exciting!
 

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