PDP-8/e

[Josh Dersch]

On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 1:55 AM Rod G8DGR <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com>
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> Nice try Josh - close – you  have to change the crystal first and you
> can’t get them.
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> Rod Smallwood - Digital Equipment Corporation 1975 – 1985
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> *From: *Josh Dersch via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> *Sent: *08 December 2018 06:36
> *To: *General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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> *Subject: *Re: PDP-8/e
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> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:29 PM Rod G8DGR via cctalk <
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> > It can only do 110 baud !!
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> Unless you have an oddball SLU, this is not true -- what do you have
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> installed?  The earlier M8650 and the later M8655 can both be jumpered for
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> - Josh
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> > From: Pete Turnbull via cctalk
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> > Sent: 08 December 2018 03:15
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> > To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
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> > Subject: Re: PDP-8/e
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> > On 07/12/2018 17:46, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
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> > > On 12/07/2018 11:38 AM, Rod G8DGR via cctalk wrote:
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> > >> Oh good how do you set them to 110 baud?
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> > > Oh, WOW!  Good catch, it only goes down to 300 baud!  major screwup,
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> > > ought to be reported to the developers.
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> > But wouldn't it be better to set the serial card in the PDP-8/E to
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> > something faster anyway?  Although on one of the serial cards, that
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> > requires a crystal change, so though commonly done, may not be practical
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> > for Rod.
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> > --
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> > Pete
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> > Pete Turnbull
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