14 Sep
2012
14 Sep
'12
3:59 p.m.
From: Paul Anderson
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 6:56 AM
I've been wanting a PDP for some time now. I
don't really have any
particular model in mind, but my budget has an upper limit of about
$1000. Any recommendations on where to look and what to look for?
Most people have assumed that you're looking for a PDP-11 of some sort
(16 bit system), although one asked you about a PDP-8/a (12 bits). You
might be looking for a PDP-1, -4, -7, -9, or -15 (18 bits), or a PDP-6
or -10 (36 bits), or a PDP-5 or another model of -8 or a PDP-12 (all 12
bits), or even a PDP-14 or PDP-16 (build your own).
I was once told, in another life, that I should get in touch with some
oil industry people about a PDP-10 clone my company built, as "all
those guys have PDPs in their trailers". They, of course, had PDP-11s.
The sad part is, I was told this by a ranking member of DECUS, so I
guess I should get over my irritation as the phrase "a PDP", right?
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/