22 Feb
2016
22 Feb
'16
4:16 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:14 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:07:35AM -0500, william
degnan wrote:
Here is the doc in question. Note is says 11/10 and 11/20
http://vintagecomputer.net/digital/PDP11-20/PDP11_Price-List_19691215.pdf
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I have an original 1969 PDP 11 brochure. In it there are two PDP 11
model
configurations to choose from; the 10 and the 20.
For me at least this
throws into question the whole "...the 10 first came out with the 5
in1972..." story everyone repeats over and over, unless one must have a
"10" printed on the console in order to accept a computer model's
existence. DEC must not have sold many original 10 models, and/or
everyone
who has a 10 does not realize that's what
they have. But, facts are
facts
and the brochure and price guide I have is what
it is. Hoping some here
will check for themselves and consider it misleading at least to simply
call the original PDP-11 a "pdp 11/20 without the nameplate". In short,
the original bare-bones pdp11 was the pdp-11 10, the fully-equipped
version
was the pdp-11 20.
I will definitely correct myself in the future. It would be interresting
to see if anyone has a "numberless" machine with the "M11-10"
designation printed on the back, to see if any was actually delivered
(and I wouldn't be surprised if there was).
/P