Which Dec Emulation is the MOST useful and Versatile?

[william degnan]

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:26 PM, Evan Koblentz via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Related to DEC emulation: is there a visual Straight-8 simulator? I'd like
> to practice working the front panel and such.
>

I don't think there is one.  The PDP 8i is the closest thing but there are
I think 26 switches at the bottom the 8i, I think only 18 at the bottom of
the straight 8.  They thus can't be the same exactly but it may be that the
straight 8 is the same as the 8i, if you use only switches that appear on
both systems (no step counter on the straight 8).  Dave G will know.

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