Noel said
> I just had a look at my -11/20 (the two are basically the same machine; the
> /15 was intended for the OEM market, the /20 the end-user), and it has an
> intermediate between this, and the final incandescent bulb form (as on the
> -11/45), where there were bulbs with plastic bases plugg
The writeup for this machine is here:
http://everist.org/NobLog/20181104_PDP-8S.htm
For those who are interested.
Guy
On 11/03/2018 09:48 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
Later PDP-8 models used "bi-pin base" bulbs that had a
factory-molded-on base and a pair of sturdy pins.
Sounds very /360-ish :)
Well, sort of the same idea, but not that close. The 360
had metal cases with the pins in a plastic rear piec
> From: Steven Malikoff
>> The bulbs had "flying leads" coming out of the glass, no bases ... The
>> bulbs just hovered over the PCB
> It makes me wonder if the 11/15 is much the same.
I just had a look at my -11/20 (the two are basically the same machine; the
/15 was intended f
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 12:31 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk
wrote:
> Incidentally, several people called the material used for the lamps shroud
> plate 'MDF.'
> It's not, it's that high density cloth+bakelite (or something) material used
> for electrical switchboard panels. Very tough stuff.
Ah. Fro
On 2018-Nov-03, at 9:27 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
. . .
> The front panel is in pieces atm. And clean now.
> Incidentally, several people called the material used for the lamps shroud
> plate 'MDF.'
> It's not, it's that high density cloth+bakelite (or something) material used
> for electr
At 10:18 AM 4/11/2018 +1000, Steve wrote:
>The "PDP dash eight oblique S" back in 1968 in 'What the future sounded like':
> https://youtu.be/8KkW8Ul7Q1I?t=638
Cool, thanks for that. Ah, Hawkwind...
Damn, that 'left all the synths in the basement, and it got flooded' story is
painful.
In my opi
Ethan said
>> If there are any special 8/S lightbulb housings that were plastic, I'm happy
>> to CAD them up and 3D print...
>
> Nope. That's now how these worked. The bulbs had "flying leads"
> coming out of the glass, no bases, and the light barrier was a bit of
> MDF with holes in it (the MDF
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 8:18 PM Steve Malikoff via cctalk
wrote:
> Guy said
> > ...I've received a PDP-8/S...
>
> The "PDP dash eight oblique S" back in 1968 in 'What the future sounded
> like': https://youtu.be/8KkW8Ul7Q1I?t=638
Fantastic little piece showing off one.
> If there are any speci
Guy said
> This is rather sad.
> I've received a PDP-8/S. It turns out to be missing so much, that it's
> probably beyond restoration.
> Anyone who can think of potential ways to find the missing parts, please
> speak up.
>
> http://everist.org/pics/PDP-8S/
>
The "PDP dash eight oblique S" back
On 2018-11-03 7:24 p.m., Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
> ...
> As for the LED color, how about super-bright blue? Or violet?
RGB, shimmering and cycling, of course.
/me runs
A huge thanks to everyone providing useful information and resource links, on
and off list.
My apologies; I'm a bit overloaded atm, and am getting behind on individual
replies.
I'm keeping all replies and will respond eventually.
About the front panel lights board:
It's a relief to discover that
the SMECC 8s I seem to remember a case around it?
looking at google this looks just like that case around it ok look
below this photo for the link or photo of the 8i that looked like a
decwritter case... sadly over 30 years had anough parts to put one of
th
One thought - it is possible that light panels from some
other model of computer, possibly not even PDP-8 related,
might be the same base PC board as the 8/S panel. DEC made
a LOT of light panels for all the CPUs and control units on
larger machines. At least some of them were made from the
On 11/02/2018 11:13 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
This is rather sad.
I've received a PDP-8/S. It turns out to be missing so much, that it's probably
beyond restoration.
Anyone who can think of potential ways to find the missing parts, please speak
up.
http://everist.org/pics/PDP-8S/
Missi
That is actually a great idea!
Even if you have covers for many different computers, the insides are
usually more fascinating than the outsides of a unit!
Ed # www.smecc.org
In a message dated 11/3/2018 7:14:33 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk@classiccmp
At 09:14 AM 3/11/2018 -0500, Adrian Stoness wrote:
>get some thick plexi glass to cover it and sit it up for display to look in
>but not touch ;)
Good idea! And easy to add to the simple base frame I had in mind. Zero changes
to the machine.
I was too stuck in modern fast digital thinking - 'RF
On Saturday, November 3, 2018 7:14 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk
wrote:
get some thick plexi glass to cover it and sit it up for display to look in
but not touch ;)
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 9:08 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk
wrote:
> At 04:34 AM 3/11/2018 -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
> >On 11/
get some thick plexi glass to cover it and sit it up for display to look in
but not touch ;)
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 9:08 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk
wrote:
> At 04:34 AM 3/11/2018 -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
> >On 11/3/18 1:00 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
> >
> >> I only received this machine on T
At 04:34 AM 3/11/2018 -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
>On 11/3/18 1:00 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
>
>> I only received this machine on Thursday, opened the box properly on Friday
>> and found it was missing such
>> such major parts. It belongs to the ACMS (Australian Computer Museum
>> Society) bu
On 11/3/18 4:34 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 11/3/18 1:00 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
I only received this machine on Thursday, opened the box properly on Friday and
found it was missing such
such major parts. It belongs to the ACMS (Australian Computer Museum Society)
but with the
On 11/3/18 1:00 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
I only received this machine on Thursday, opened the box properly on Friday and
found it was missing such
such major parts. It belongs to the ACMS (Australian Computer Museum Society)
but with the way things are
going with them and their storage
For the information of others with PDP 8 machines, my PDP-8/S came with some
original manuals, in good condition.
Sample: http://everist.org/pics/PDP-8S/20181103_1569_manuals.jpg
Here's a list of them. If by chance any of these are missing from scanned
collections online, please let me know.
I c
At 11:40 PM 2/11/2018 -0500, you wrote:
>still supper clean id love to have that even
I know how you feel. I've never had _any_ possibility of finding an old PDP
machine before. Very happy to have this one.
Re dirt - actually it's pretty grimy. I did a preliminary dust off for the
pics, but lat
At 01:29 AM 3/11/2018 -0400, you wrote:
>yes... the I/O for a tty is on a separate mounting outside the cpu I recall
>for some reason... I need to pull out or S and another classic 8 from
>storage. as I recall there is a spare cLassic 8 front panel... snd it can
>find a new home.
If that'
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 1:12 AM Lyle Bickley via cctalk
wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:13:16 +1100
> Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
>
> > This is rather sad.
> > I've received a PDP-8/S. It turns out to be missing so much, that
> > it's probably beyond restoration. Anyone who can think of potential
yes... the I/O for a tty is on a separate mounting outside the cpu I recall
for some reason... I need to pull out or S and another classic 8 from
storage. as I recall there is a spare cLassic 8 front panel... snd it can
find a new home. The S I want to.put in museum display next to our cl
On Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:13:16 +1100
Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
> This is rather sad.
> I've received a PDP-8/S. It turns out to be missing so much, that
> it's probably beyond restoration. Anyone who can think of potential
> ways to find the missing parts, please speak up.
>
> http://everist.or
still supper clean id love to have that even
> - Front panel PCB,
> - Case top AND bottom,
> - Power supply.
> - Some flip-chip slots are empty. Not sure if supposed to be.
It is actually not all that sad looking. The blinkenlights board will
be hard to find.
I might have a power supply.
It is likely it never had a top and bottom cover
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