PDP8/a Initial Power Up

[Bob Smith]

http://manx-docs.org/details.php/1,439
some docs online, that might help

Operators manual PDF
ftp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp8/pdp8a/EK-8A001-OP-002_PDP-8A_Operators_Handbook_Sep76.pdf

and a concise bit that might give you some help too
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-45687.html
On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 12:58 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>     > From: Columbia Valley Maker Space
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>     > The unit starts up and displays some data on the displays
>
> You're lucky that worked. Old power supplies need to be brought back to
> life in stages.
>
>     > something I can enter via the keypad. ... if you are going to suggest
>     > some tests, I need complete instructions. I don't know how to modify a
>     > memory location, let alone enter and check a program.
>
> Find all the PDP-8/A documentation online that you can (e.g. Bitsavers) and
> download and read it; that will cover how to use the front panel.
>
>          Noel