--- Bill Bradford <mrbill_at_mrbill.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 05:35:05AM -0400, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> > For those of you interested, a PDP8a has appeared for sale on eBay.
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1257927980
> > Jeff
>
> Interesting. I didnt know they made -8s with the "minimalist" console..
So far, that's all I have - two styles - one with a cable on a DIP header,
one with a BERG connector. Both kinds look the same from the outside -
three lights, three switches - power, battery charging and run; power on/off,
panel lock and boot.
Not very exciting. I ordered a programmer's console that hasn't arrived yet.
One of the things I want to do with it is run RTS-8 to watch the null job
count decimal (0000, 1111, 2222... 8888, 9999) on an octal display. It's
not as nice as the Cylon display on a 8/e, but with a digital display, it's
as interesting as it gets. The other thing I want to do with it is provide
input to the various PDP-8/e MAINDEC tapes I have. They are all written to
require a console and I can't debug problems with the -8/a CPUs I have that
are suspect if I can't get under to hood.
-ethan
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Received on Mon Jul 23 2001 - 12:16:20 BST