I will have to dig out he small computer handbook from the Dec section at smecc library and study up on it again! the brain cells are foggy! another nice go with to display with 8s is the DEC logic trainer We somehow ended up with a few of these... one goes next to a 8 the other in toys robots and trainers display and one for offsite which leaves one extra for trade! In a message dated 6/8/2015 2:20:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, b...@update.uu.se writes:
Not so much "serial bus" as just "serial". Everything is serial in the machine, as far as I understand. Not sure how much of a bus it got. Johnny On 2015-06-08 22:59, couryho...@aol.com wrote: > 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, > pon...@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: >> >> >> 8s is rare?? We have one. Is there a an registry? Ed# smecc.org >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: ben <bfranc...@jetnet.ab.ca> >> Date: 06/08/2015 12:05 PM (GMT-07:00) >> To: cctalk@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. >> >> -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: b...@softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol