-----Original Message-----
From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Everyone here should read this.. I thought I'd seen everything.
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>--- John B <dylanb_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> BTW: Has anyone heard of a PDP-8/A500 ??? what is that?
>
>It happens to be the first model I ever laid hands on... KK8A, KM8A, DKC8AA
>(the standard -8/a stuff), 12-slot box (the 20-slot box was for stuff like
>the PDP-8/a 620). I am pretty sure (it's been a while) that the -8/a 500
>has a core-capable power supply. Lower stuff, like the -8/a 320, could
only
>take MOS memory (MS8C, et al.)
>
>I've only ever seen the 12-slot PDP-8/a boxes myself, but a couple of
>flavors of them.
I was told this mini was filled with core memory, has a bunch of RK05 packs,
an rx01 and another thing they called a "panel box"- expander?
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>-ethan
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Received on Mon Dec 06 1999 - 17:50:18 GMT