> > > > > From: Bill Degnan > > > The original PDP 11 was sold in two model options, although the > numbers > > did not appear on the faceplace, very clearly the model options were > > called PDP 11/10 and PDP 11/20. ... The fact that the name does not > > appear on the front panel has caused every DEC historian to miss this > > factoid. > > Yeah, it tripped me to. Although after I sent that email, I went back and > looked, and it's called '-11/20' on all the documents I can find, including > the prints. > > I'll check in the DEC archives (available on BitSavers), but I suspect the > "PDP-11" on the front panel was the result of something getting dropped in > the > process of doing the panel, not the reasult of a name change by DEC. > > > Sorry to hijack the thread.
The URL I provided has links to documentation with a few early references to the PDP 11 being 11/10 and 11/20 models that I could find. A few magazine articles, etc. It's pretty well researched at this point to be true to state that the first two PDP 11 models were the 11/10 and 11/20. It just takes a while for this to work its way through academia. Bill
