Dave Post wrote: > Ok, I'll play. How about a DEC PDP-8 with 4K (12-bit) memory locations > and a teletype for reading/writing programs on paper tape? Or a Wang > programmable desktop calculator with Nixie-tube display and the > ability to read up to 2 (Yes! 2! We were agog.) cards on which you'd > record programs by punching holes in them with a stylus? >
I used to maintain a PDP-8i, with 4K of memory (12 bit words). I recall toggling in the RIM loader. I also used to maintain punch card equipment and the Datapoint 2200, which was originally intended to use the Intel 8008 CPU, but they build their own CPU board, as the 8008 was too slow. One "computer" I used to work on was built with vacuum tubes and relays and was installed over a year before I was born. I've also got some core memory here and a Morse telegraph sounder that was originally in service in the mid 1930s. . -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
