PDP model line / rarity? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Jun 1998

...
 I was just wondering on the rarity of DEC's PDPx
machines - I gather
that '11s are still pretty common (relatively!), but what about earlier
machines in the line? 
There seem to be a fair number of -8's in private hands, at least there
are a number of people who post on alt.sys.pdp8 who have them.  Probably
more Decmates then older -8s.  As for -11s, I have quite a few, mostly
qbus...  There are even some people who have -10s and -20s at home.  I've
not seen any info on others like -4, -7, -9, -15, etc (other than the
emulators that Bob Supnik of DEC wrote).

...
 Also - what did PDP stand for? (I don't expect that
"Portable" came into
it ;*) Sorry for the dumb question - I grew up with classic 8-bit micros
and 32-bit Unix machines - shame I missed out on some of the big old
boxes, they sound like fun (if a bit impractical from a storage point of
view!! :) 
PDP = Programmed Data Processor.

					Megan Gentry
					Former RT-11 Developer

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