10 Nov
2006
10 Nov
'06
7:49 a.m.
On 11/11/06, Jay West <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yeah, speaking of which. A guy in the northeast US is
giving me a VERY good
condition dual H960 rack PDP-8A, with 128k (yup, 128k) ram, three RK05's,
dectape, etc... the picture is just gorgeous.
Nice setup.
I don't know how useful the 128K of RAM is under OS/8, but I remember
there was a bit of support for it under RTS-8.
ISTR you could roll your own application-level support for memory
above 32KW, but OS/8 itself wouldn't twiddle KT8A registers, except,
perhaps, for a 96KW RAM disk. Does anyone have any clearer memory on
this? (I have a KT8A and 128KW MOS board, but haven't used them in
too long to remember details).
Sad part is, I have no room, and no time to get the
machine. Hell, not sure
I want it at this point.
Ow! It _is_ a larger PDP-8 setup than most.
-ethan