21 Dec
2018
21 Dec
'18
11:32 a.m.
On 12/21/2018 01:10 PM, Al Kossow via cctech wrote:
On 12/21/18 10:03 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
Not I, that is a deep hole to dredge.? I do know it was a clear way to
differentiate the various
family of 8 machines and it was on alt.sys.pdp-8 I'd seen it way back
like mid 80s.
It may have been old by then.? I used to peek there as my first PDP-8e
was in hand
around late 1983.
And the automotive reference was not it.? It was the straight as in not
later lettered
versions.? Best similar use is:? Whiskey straight, water on the side.
One of the DEC history things about the era was often engineering went
may different
directions at the same time? making for a plethora of systems that were
or mostly
PDP-8ish like the PDP-12 that was PDP-8 and LINK.? RICM has a really
pretty one.
Allison
"Straight-8" seems to be a fairly
modern name coming from collectors
I never heard it called that before then.
Anyone feel like doing a alt.sys.pdp-8
search for it by date?
I don't feel like going down the rathole of trying to find a way to
search Usenet by date right now.