17 Mar
2024
17 Mar
'24
4:01 p.m.
The Great Western Railway is said to have used the Swindon DO staff to pose their
resturant and buffet car shots
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 17 March 2024 15:44
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Cc: Nigel Johnson Ham <g4ajq1(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: DEC Processor Books
One of the pictures, in the PDP8 book, I think, featured Jim Votava, my instructor on
several PDP11 hardware courses at PK2, so they were real DEC people as far as I know
cheers,
Nigel
On 2024-03-17 10:13, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
I have often wondered about the people we find in the various DEC
Processor (and other) books. Were they models in staged
photo-sessions or were these candid shots from DEC facilities and if
so, can anyone identify who they might be.
Looking thru some of the books again I came across an interesting
photo on page 42 of the 1981 pdp11 processor handbook / pdp11 04
24 34a 44 70. If you take a magnifier to the picture you will find
the system presented in that photo is not a pdp11 but a VAX. :-) I
wonder what other DEC systems are contained in these photos?
bill
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