http://manx-docs.org/details.php/1,439 some docs online, that might help
Operators manual PDF ftp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp8/pdp8a/EK-8A001-OP-002_PDP-8A_Operators_Handbook_Sep76.pdf and a concise bit that might give you some help too http://www.vcfed.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-45687.html On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 12:58 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Columbia Valley Maker Space > > > The unit starts up and displays some data on the displays > > You're lucky that worked. Old power supplies need to be brought back to > life in stages. > > > something I can enter via the keypad. ... if you are going to suggest > > some tests, I need complete instructions. I don't know how to modify a > > memory location, let alone enter and check a program. > > Find all the PDP-8/A documentation online that you can (e.g. Bitsavers) and > download and read it; that will cover how to use the front panel. > > Noel
