8 Jan
2023
8 Jan
'23
2:22 p.m.
Is it even possible to add a diskdrive to a PDP8/L ?
My 1970 "Small
computer handbook" only mentions TU55/TC01 and DF32 as mass-storage
options for the 8/L. Both are essentially unobtainable.
Well, yes-ish. I thought about it last night and realized that the
pdp8/L *does* have a data break option that can go in the CPU box, but
it is for only a single device. For more than one data break device you
would need a BM08.
That said, you're still running with only 4k of memory so anything above
a DF32 is probably overkill.
C