You're right, it [the PDP-8] was 12-bit. About 10 years ago we were working >in Spain for a year. We received a letter containing a couple pictures of a >friend at work standing in front of a computer. Old-style. High cabinet, and >rows of toggle switches and blinking lights. I thought it was an old PDP-11>until I counted the toggles and lights. I asked. Yes, it was a _working_>PDP-8. I won't tell you who the friend works for, but it's not my company.
Our PDP-8 is still operational and is used for circuit board analysis.
Brian Tillman Internet: Brian.Tillman at smiths-aerospace dot com Smiths Aerospace Addresses modified to prevent SPAM. 3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS Replace "at" with "@", "dot" with "." Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991 This opinion doesn't represent that of my company
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