AN/UYKs

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Wed Jan 30 23:22:09 2002

> Isn't that the DoD designation for a PDP-8?

No. It means "general computer thingy", basically. It is a very vague
nomenclature. Previously, computers tended to get lumped into the
extremely vague AN/*SQ category.

> I guess an AN/UYK-43 is a VMS-based 32-bit computer, the AN/UYK-20
> has core memory, the AN/UYK-64 is somehow DG compatible. Not sure
> about any other models.

Some, no doubt, are pure military designs, some are militarized
commercial models, and some are just plain commercial types with no
militarization.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Wed Jan 30 2002 - 23:22:09 GMT