PCB vs perfboard construction economics (was Re: "New" PDP-8)

From: Allison <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed Apr 3 08:10:03 2002

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
>> I like the PDP-8 but am unhappy that a 12/24 cpu never hit the
>> monolithic chip market.
>
>That would have been fun.
>
>> Well I don't but remember with out the proper I/O a pdp-8 is NO FUN.

Yes, and the big highlight of the PDP-8 (omnibus) was the relative ease
of doing one off IO. It was truly easy to WW a quad card to do most
anything.

Allison
Received on Wed Apr 03 2002 - 08:10:03 BST