That would my my guess as well; add-on semiconductor memory for a 16-bit minicomputer. I know Intel made the in-4011 for the PDP-11, but I never saw a picture of it.
Camiel > On Jun 14, 2020, at 6:46 PM, ED SHARPE via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > Add on solid state memory unit some semi companies made tjem. For add to > Dec and dg? Dunno. A guess > .... ed smecc > On Sunday, June 14, 2020 Joshua Rice via cctalk <ric...@btinternet.com; > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi all. > > I recently bought a mystery blinkenlight panel. Closer inspection reveals it > was manufactured by Intel in the early 70’s (1973), and some people on the > book of faces suggested it was part of a “device multiplexer”(?) > > I’m 95% confident it’s not strictly a “computer” blinkenlight panel, but > rather an attached device, but that still hasn’t helped me narrow down what > exactly it was from. > > I’ve not seen any early Intel stuff as rack-mount, so i’m wondering if it was > a prototype, or maybe a piece of internal/non-commercial hardware for Intel's > own use. > > I’m hoping someone here might be able to shed some light on this mystery. > > Pictures: https://imgur.com/gallery/lD74oSy > <https://imgur.com/gallery/lD74oSy> > > Thanks in advance. > > Josh Rice
