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From: cdl@mplvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: When was the PDP 8 announced?
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Date: Mon, 21-May-84 10:21:46 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 21 10:21:46 1984
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I'll put in my recollection of 1964.  The oldest PDP-8 brochure I have
is dated 12/64, while the PDP-5 brochure is dated 9/63.  DEC wouldn't
stoop so low as to continue to sell PDP-5's when their replacement was
already announced ?! :-)  I also remember seeing a PDP-8 at the
IRE (pre IEEE) show in New York, most likely Spring 1964.  The computer
was contemporaneous with the mini-skirt, hence the name mini-computer.
	carl lowenstein
	marine physical lab, u.c.san diego