In a message dated 2/22/2016 5:16:27 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, billdeg...@gmail.com writes:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:14 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pon...@update.uu.se> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 07:07:35AM -0500, william degnan wrote: > > > > I have an original 1969 PDP 11 brochure. In it there are two PDP 11 > model > > configurations to choose from; the 10 and the 20. For me at least this > > throws into question the whole "...the 10 first came out with the 5 > > in1972..." story everyone repeats over and over, unless one must have a > > "10" printed on the console in order to accept a computer model's > > existence. DEC must not have sold many original 10 models, and/or > everyone > > who has a 10 does not realize that's what they have. But, facts are > facts > > and the brochure and price guide I have is what it is. Hoping some here > > will check for themselves and consider it misleading at least to simply > > call the original PDP-11 a "pdp 11/20 without the nameplate". In short, > > the original bare-bones pdp11 was the pdp-11 10, the fully-equipped > version > > was the pdp-11 20. > > I will definitely correct myself in the future. It would be interresting > to see if anyone has a "numberless" machine with the "M11-10" > designation printed on the back, to see if any was actually delivered > (and I wouldn't be surprised if there was). > > /P > Here is the doc in question. Note is says 11/10 and 11/20 hahahha!!!! turnkey console on 10 programmers console on 20 in brochure! Ed##### http://vintagecomputer.net/digital/PDP11-20/PDP11_Price-List_19691215.pdf -- @ BillDeg: Web: vintagecomputer.net Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg> Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg> Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
