[GreenKeys] Happy birthday, PDP-8!

[Charles Morris]

My PDP-8/A (the newfangled version) is even newer than that... maybe '76.
Last time I checked, it DID boot OS/8 from the RL02 drives :)

It feels great to finally hear the Teletype print that "." prompt!
-Charles


-----Original Message----- 
From: W2HX
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:07 PM
To: Dave Horsfall ; Greenkeys
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Happy birthday, PDP-8!

My PDP-8/e (which is a generation later than the straight eight) is from
1973. It is almost completely working, getting ready to try to boot OS/8 
for
the first time in the next few days!
http://w2hx.com/x/VintageComp/PDP-8e/1.jpg

on the bench
http://w2hx.com/x/VintageComp/PDP-8e/M8650/0225172034_HDR.jpg

videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJiL2GC_LZM&list=PLM5RUkrumB5FpN7VYEYDj_wncRxinTKwt&index=5
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM5RUkrumB5FpN7VYEYDj_wncRxinTKwt

Happy Birthday PDP-8!!
Eugene


-----Original Message-----
From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
Dave
Horsfall
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:34 PM
To: Greenkeys
Subject: [GreenKeys] Happy birthday, PDP-8!

OT, but of interest to a few people here :-)

The venerable PDP-8 was introduced in 1965 today (or tomorrow if you're on
the wrong side of the date line).  It was the first computer I ever used,
back around 1970 (I think I'd just left school and was checking out the
local University's computer department, with a view to majoring in 
Computer
Science (which I did)).

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
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