AN/UYKs

--- "Peter J. Gerry" <peteg(a)trufitdata.com> wrote: Isn't that the DoD designation for a PDP-8? ... from the PDP-8 model FAQ... Subject: What is a PDP-8? Date of introduction: 1965 (Unveiled March 22, in New York). Date of withdrawal: 1968. Total production run: 1450. Also known as: Classic PDP-8 (to point out lack of a model suffix) Straight-8 (Again, points out the lack of a model suffix) PCP-88, an OEM label, used by Foxboro Corporation. AN/GYK-6, (Army-Navy Ground-based (Y)data-processing Komputer 6) Price: $18,000 ... guess not... So I went digging and found these links by asking Jeeves... http://www.crane.navy.mil/tecr/uyk20.html http://www.simulogics.com/company/company.htm http://sites.defenselink.mil/records/datapage950.html https://cosip.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/UYK-43/ I guess an AN/UYK-43 is a VMS-based 32-bit computer, the AN/UYK-20 has core memory, the AN/UYK-64 is somehow DG compatible. Not sure about any other models. Never seen an AN/UYK of any model up close. Sounds interesting. -ethan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com