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From: cdl@mplvax.ARPA (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro
Subject: Re: PDP-8 (it lives!)
Message-ID: <268@mplvax.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 10:39:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 24 10:39:38 1986
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In article <465@fritz.UUCP> zemon@fritz.UUCP (Art zemon) writes:
>The PDP-8 not only lives, it refuses to die.
>
>discrete transistors, diodes, and other goodies.  For example,
>the accumulator is made up of twelve double Flip-Chips, each
>implementing one BIT!  



>
>The PDP-8 has a box roughly ten inches cubicle which contains
>four kilowords of core.  
>This stuff, if my memory serves, cycles at the blinding speed of
>1.5 milliseconds.



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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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