Foxboro PCP-88 (PDP-8)

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Jun 20 18:09:10 2002

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, James L. Rice wrote:

> I have seen several. The Foxboro company makes process instrumentation
> and the PCP-88 were designed to run large process systems. I saw them
> used in a Pillsbury plant in the dough mixing lines and in several
> vegetable oil refineries.

Were there any modifications, other than external facades perhaps, that
differentiated the PCP-88 from the PDP-8? Or, as I'm guessing, were they
electrically and electronically identical?

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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