This is a interesting thread! Thanks guys for answering my questions.
To Dan:
Thank you for the detailed responses! Yes, what I have is, I believe a BTR, "special" Mitsubishi.
It can be for several different configurations, depending on the computer/and software hooked up to it, for example, the number of data bits can be 5,6,7 or 8, parity, or no parity, etc., so it does seem pretty flexible, and hopefully it won't be too much of a problem to get going.
Thanks also for the link to you software, I will keep it in mind, as I don't have the machine where it needs to go (waiting for a good day to move out of one building to another) and then, we'll have to see what we can get into. The software consists of 5 tapes, four of them aren't bad at all, but the one is massive, about six inches in diameter. Unfortunatlety, my machine doesn't have a winder on it, so I end up with a huge pile of tape on the floor, with me cringing that it might get bent or ripped in the wrong way.
The only thing I'm not sure about is if I could use the reader to read the software tapes and then send them to the computer. I'll have to see when I get it going.
To Mark:
Interesting, I would be very interested in what happens with your Wells Index controller. I'm thinking thats what I might need-the reader/punch to get the tapes on floppies if I can't do it on the controller. I'll be keeping you and Dan in mind if I need to go that route.
By the way Mark, are you the one that worked at IBM in New York? I seem to remember reading that you worked there and ran '84 Mits. wire edms, so what I have might be right up your alley, as my machines are both from 1984.
Eric