One of the fundamental aspects of the WITCH-E project is to gain a better understanding of the the original WITCH and document it. Unlike many other retro computing projects where thousands, or tens of thousands of the original computer still exist, there is ONLY one WITCH. With that in mind, I can't really ask to "poke around" on the original, and randomly hook up logic probes, so I had to use a different method for reverse engineering the WITCH. Most of the details I have learned about the machine are from maintenance documents/logs, schematics, and pictures of the machine. One of the research areas I was keenly interested in is how the WITCH initially started up. Modern systems often use Read-Only-Memory(ROM) that contain the systems initial instructions, but what did the WITCH use? I made a short little video of how I figured this little item out, and replicated the functionality....
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Great video Dave, nicely explained.
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