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, tmfdm...@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 <couryho...@aol.com> 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. > > -- http://www.corestore.org 'No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For one person, in the dark, where no one will ever know or see.'