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Re: PDP-8 advertising

From	Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: PDP-8 advertising
Date	2016-06-15 16:11 +0000
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:05:56 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:

> Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:21:42 -0700, hancock4 wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 7:37:41 PM UTC-4, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com
>>> wrote:
>>>> C&A had numerous ads for the Digital PDP-8 computer and its variants.
>>>> Some of the ad copy is shown here.
>>>
>>> Didn't anyone here ever program a PDP-8?  I thought this thread would
>>> generate a lot more responses than the PL/I thread.
>>
>> I never programmed a real one. But I have built (and possess) two
>> SBC-6120 machines. That's pretty real, as they use the same chip and
>> run OS/8.
>>
> All of DEC's diagnostics were dup'ed on a PDP-8/I.  Some might remember
> the trays which held 10 or 12 papertapes labelled with the DEC retrieval
> number, name, etc.  I haven't seen one of those since I made them.

I have a tray of PDP-11 diagnostics downstairs.



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PDP-8 advertising hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-05-23 16:37 -0700
  Re: PDP-8 advertising hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-14 13:21 -0700
    Re: PDP-8 advertising Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-14 21:01 +0000
      Re: PDP-8 advertising jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-15 13:05 +0000
        Re: PDP-8 advertising Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-15 16:11 +0000
    Re: PDP-8 advertising "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-14 23:18 +0100
      Re: PDP-8 advertising Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-15 12:19 -0700
        Re: PDP-8 advertising "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-15 21:09 +0100
          Re: PDP-8 advertising Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-15 18:03 -0700
    Re: PDP-8 advertising Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-15 08:27 -0400
    Re: PDP-8 advertising Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-15 12:23 -0700
      Re: PDP-8 advertising hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-15 13:32 -0700
        Re: PDP-8 advertising Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-15 21:17 +0000
          Re: PDP-8 advertising Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-15 15:00 -0700
        Re: PDP-8 advertising "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-15 22:24 +0100
          Re: PDP-8 advertising hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-16 13:29 -0700
        Re: PDP-8 advertising jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-16 12:30 +0000
          Re: PDP-8 advertising usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-06-17 07:37 +0000
            Re: PDP-8 advertising Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-17 08:27 +0000
              Re: PDP-8 advertising Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-17 08:31 +0000
        Re: PDP-8 advertising scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-16 12:48 +0000
        Re: PDP-8 advertising usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-06-17 03:37 +0000
          Re: PDP-8 advertising Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-17 07:40 +0000
            Re: PDP-8 advertising Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-17 12:32 -0400
              Re: PDP-8 advertising "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-18 09:41 -0500
                Re: PDP-8 advertising Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-18 15:34 -0400
                Re: PDP-8 advertising hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-18 13:25 -0700
          Re: PDP-8 advertising jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-17 12:53 +0000
            Re: PDP-8 advertising usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-06-18 07:10 +0000
              Re: PDP-8 advertising barrym95838@yahoo.com - 2016-06-18 01:07 -0700
    Re: PDP-8 advertising Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-06-16 10:03 -0400
      Re: PDP-8 advertising hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-16 13:33 -0700
        Re: PDP-8 advertising Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-06-16 17:24 -0400
        Re: PDP-8 advertising Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-16 18:28 -0400

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