vacuum tube computer

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Feb 1 17:12:56 1999

Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> See if anyone had the printset for a PDP8/e or a PDP8/a or just about any
> of the Unibus PDP11s, or a Nova 1200, or a Philips P850, or a....
>
> But don't start out trying to understand the PDP11/45 like I did... It's
> got about 1000 chips in it, and it's not simple. It is highly optimised.

The 11/05 is a really good machine to start with. It is slightly more
complex than an 8/e, but the hardware implementation style is much closer
to that of "modern" machines.

I haven't seen 11/04 prints, but it is probably also a good machine for
hardware education purposes.

Eric
Received on Mon Feb 01 1999 - 17:12:56 GMT

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