Front Panel Update
COURYHOUSE at aol.com
COURYHOUSE at aol.com
Mon Jun 8 17:27:30 CDT 2015
yea I have only seen the one 8S we got
whereas straight 8 back in the biz days 79 to 90 something had
2 plexi desktop straight 8 ( one we kept <ser # 18 got from
stanford surplus stores w/ ato d rack too) and the other we sold to the guy that
has museum near Yellowstone aprox 25? years ago? it had a s/n in
the 200's ... it had come from an az state auction... I was bidding
against some damb ass who thought it was a pdp8 A his brother could
use for some cnc tape prep thingingie... heh heh )
one straight 8 in blue rack ( still have but the fright company 30 years
ago lost the damn desk for it.)
3ea straight 8 used with BEVATRON that were rough and in hideous
cabinets ( wish I still had...)
In a message dated 6/8/2015 3:04:11 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
tmfdmike at gmail.com writes:
It's pretty rare. I have one too.
I've seen and heard of more straight 8s than I have 8/S
Mike
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:26 AM, couryhouse <couryhouse at aol.com> 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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