30 Dec
2016
30 Dec
'16
2:54 a.m.
Pontus said:
2. Rack type, the earlier shorter racks had metal
headers without
rounded corners (see PDP-8/i). Lowboy racks have a slanted header
with deeper frame.
3. Intended market. Lab systems was green, industrial was blue/red. (The
PDP-12 was available in orange, blue and green)
Here's a photo of an interesting example of (I presume) #2 for a PDP-15 in a japanese
computer museum. Also note the unusual PDP-11/05 masthead arranged as 'PDP11-05'
with
a unichannel 15, and also one of those nice blinkenlights panels Noel has documented:
http://www.kcg.ac.jp/museum/computer/images/mini_computers/dec/vax11_780.jpg
Steve.
