On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:39 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Greetings all... > > I have been pondering something and would love to receive feedback from > you. The thing > is, I would like to have something pdp8-ish that would allow me to play > a little bit > with the programming languages that were available for these machines, > FORTRAN 4K and > FORTRAN IV in particular. Now, I would love to be able to time some > FORTRAN jobs just > to get an idea about what it was like back then. I am aware of PiDP-8, > simh, as well as > SBC6120, SBC6120RBC. > > > Carlos, My opinion....Get a PiDP8. They're great for so many things including testing, file transfer, and making disks. I have mine set to boot into simH via serial terminal so it will immediately act like a PDP 8 running OS/8. Once you get a working real PDP8, whatever, the type you can use the PiDP8 safely to experiment, compare and contrast, build media, etc I have documented the process on my web site, and there are many others who have also done this. Bill