18 Jan
2010
18 Jan
'10
1:48 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de> wrote:
Want that, want that! I still have a spare PC04 sitting around. Perhaps I
could combine that...
You'd need the M710 (IIRC) and other boards.
What's missing? Disk?
Yes.
My expansion box has a pair of DF/IF switches - it would theoretically
support 16K, but there's only room in the box for two memory sets.
Exactly 1.
-ethan
You can add peripherals to the IO bus - if you have
them.
Or a high-speed paper tape reader/punch with in-cabinet boards (one of
the few peripherals). But you cannot run OS/8 on the machine.
No. ?I'm still trying to build up my first PDP-8/L to that level - and
haven't succeeded yet. Not so... I
have an 8K external box on an -8/L - total of 12K. ?Yes,
it's 100% DEC.
How that? I derived my statement from the fact that there is only one field
select switch on the machine. How do you control the third field? One of my
-8/Ls came with high-speed punch/reader - that's much easier
to live with, but not all that common.
Want it, want it!
How many of those do you have?