I'd definitely be interested to hear if the DECheads on this list know the specifics, but I'd gathered that it came about once other models were introduced and the need arose to differentiate between, say, a PDP-8/e and a "straight" (i.e. vanilla) PDP-8. The car connection probably made the particular phrasing happen (of course, they originally photographed it in a Volkswagen, but they couldn't very well have started calling it a "flat-4!")
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8... Fred Cisin via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name Bob Smith via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name Noel Chiappa via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name Bill Degnan via cctalk
- Original PDP-11/10 [was: Re: Origin of... Paul Koning via cctalk
- Re: Original PDP-11/10 [was: Re: O... Jay Jaeger via cctalk
- Re: Original PDP-11/10 [was: R... Bill Degnan via cctalk
- Re: Original PDP-11/10 [w... Jay Jaeger via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name Noel Chiappa via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name Bill Degnan via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name John Ames via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name ben via cctalk
- Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name Rod Smallwood via cctalk
- Origin of 'Straight 8' name JAMES FEHLINGER via cctalk