PDP8/e programmers consoles

Pete Turnbull pete at dunnington.plus.com
Sat Mar 17 19:32:46 CDT 2018


On 17/03/2018 00:28, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote:
> So the PDP8/e used the KC8-EA programmers console which has
> incandescent indicator lamps and the PDP8/f used the KC8-FL
> programmers console which has LED indicator lamps.

I have two 8/e machines, one of which has the original panel with 
incandescent lamps and one which is a slightly later panel (but the same 
type, just a later revision) which has been converted - I believe by DEC 
- to use LEDs.  I've experimented with different LEDs, and found that 
some yellow ones look quite convincing, but as I remember using PDP-8s 
with red LEDs back in the day, I've kept the original red ones.

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Pete
Pete Turnbull


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