1 Aug
1998
1 Aug
'98
1:40 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp(a)world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, 1 August 1998 13:17
Subject: Re: BART and PDP8's?
What's an 11/43... there were 11/40, 11/45, 11/53, 11/34's -- but no 11/43's.
Bill
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< A few years ago, I heard a rumor bandied about somewhere on Usenet that
< BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, a rail system running around some of the
< San Francisco Bay) was, even to this day, controlled by pdp8/e systems.
<
< Can anyone lend any credibility to this rumor? Any chance of scoring
< some PDP8 equipment if they decide to upgrade their system sometime soon
THey are real and used to control signs and a few other things. Not
likely in the near future from what I've heard.
Allison
Down here in Tasmania, Australia all the traffic lights are still controlled
by pdp 11/43s.....
*Desie*