Front Panel Update
COURYHOUSE at aol.com
COURYHOUSE at aol.com
Mon Jun 8 15:59:23 CDT 2015
yea... poor 8 s was 20 microsecond cycle time....
the S stood for serial buss as I remember it.
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 6/8/2015 1:09:31 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
pontus at Update.UU.SE writes:
Quite rare the PDP-8 faq says 1024 made. And given how slow it
was, I suppose people didn't hold on to it.
/P
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 12:26:07PM -0700, couryhouse wrote:
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> 8s is rare?? We have one. Is there a an registry? Ed# smecc.org
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> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: ben <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
> Date: 06/08/2015 12:05 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Front Panel Update
>
> On 6/8/2015 12:28 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> > Theres an 8/f which replaced the 8/e and has a similar front panel with
> > extra markings
> > The 8/m - OEM no front panel
> > The 8/I has different front panel
> > The 8/A is a totally different box altogether
> >
> > The 8/e was the big seller with thousands shipped
> >
> The 8/s was a small seller with 10's of computers shipped.
> I got to play with both.
> Ben.
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