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From: cdl@mplvax.ARPA (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro
Subject: Re: PDP-8 (it lives!)
Message-ID: <269@mplvax.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 10:44:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 24 10:44:18 1986
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In article <268@mplvax.ARPA> cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) writes:
>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!  
>
These are nowadays called bit slices.>
>
>>
>>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.
>
That's 1.5 *micro*seconds which is not too bad for 1963 technology.>
>

I don't understand how my first attempt got out without the added comments.
Sorry about that.

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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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