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. > >
