Charles Lasner.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:47 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > From: Bob Smith <bobsmith...@gmail.com> > > > saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. > > Chris Lindblad? Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on someone with those initials who > is connected with the LINC. > > > > From: Jon Elson > > > Wow, those were fairly rare back when, and now there may only be a > > couple in existence. > > Yeah, that's why I was hoping that someone connected to this community would > get it, so we don't lose track of this rare artifact. > > I'd buy it, but i) it's not a PDP-11, and fails my 'PDP-11's only' test > (intended to put a strict limit on the amount of junk I accumulate), and ii) I > already have a whole bunch of PDP-11 gear I have yet to get to. :-( There's no > way I would ever get to it. > > > Two complete CPUs, capable of running at the same time in shared memory > > (I think). > > The documentation (1967 Small Computer Handbook) is unclear. It is clear that > the general mode of operation was for only one CPU at a time to be running, > but that appears to be to simplify programming (although it does say that "In > the PDP-8 mode, the LINC subsystem is disabled"). The memory is indeed shared; > it's on the PDP-8, and the LINC gains access via the standard PDP-8 'data > break' (i.e. DMA) mechanism. > > Noel > > >
