PDP-12 - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ +DECmarketing brochure

2024-02-07T17:56:09Z

‎External links: +DECmarketing brochure

Jnc: rm dup cat

2023-08-11T12:36:55Z

rm dup cat

Larsbrinkhoff: Narrow down categories.

2023-08-11T05:55:31Z

Narrow down categories.

Larsbrinkhoff: 12-bit cat.

2023-07-11T11:53:08Z

12-bit cat.

Jnc: /* External links */ PDP-12 Handbook - another copy

2023-03-07T13:07:41Z

‎External links: PDP-12 Handbook - another copy

Jnc: /* External links */ move lap6-dial here; it's for the PDP-12

2022-04-19T21:44:26Z

‎External links: move lap6-dial here; it's for the PDP-12

Jnc: More tape images; retrieve picture caption

2022-04-19T12:36:44Z

More tape images; retrieve picture caption

Jnc: /* External links */ - create; move tape image link here; link to online Laboratory Computer Handbook

2022-04-19T11:59:33Z

‎External links: - create; move tape image link here; link to online Laboratory Computer Handbook

Jnc: +image, links

2021-01-09T14:40:19Z

+image, links

Jnc: fix link

2019-11-22T21:09:37Z

fix link

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 ** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/lap6-dial/ lap6-dial]<!--
   http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/pdp8/off-topic/PDP12Handbook.pdf - another copy -->
 * [https://www.pdp8online.com/images/linctape-images/dial.shtml Images of DIAL LINCtapes used on a PDP-12] - copies of tape contents
 * [https://www.pdp8online.com/images/linctape-images/linc-8-dial.shtml Images of DIAL LINCtapes used on a PDP-12] - copies of other tapes

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 * [https://www.pdp8online.com/images/linctape-images/linc-8-dial.shtml Images of DIAL LINCtapes used on a PDP-12] - copies of other tapes
 [[Category: DEC Minicomputers]]
 [[Category: DEC Personal Computers]]
 [[Category: 12-bit Computers]]

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 [[Category: DEC Systems]]
-[[Category: Minicomputers]]
+[[Category: DEC Minicomputers]]
-[[Category: Personal Computers]]
+[[Category: DEC Personal Computers]]
 [[Category: 12-bit Computers]]

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	[[Category: Personal Computers]]		[[Category: Personal Computers]]
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 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/ pdp12] - PDP-12 at Bitsavers
 ** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/Laboratory_Computer_Handbook_1971.pdf Laboratory Computer Handbook] - detailed information
-** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/lap6-dial/ lap6-dial]
+** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/lap6-dial/ lap6-dial]<!--
 * [https://www.pdp8online.com/images/linctape-images/dial.shtml Images of DIAL LINCtapes used on a PDP-12] - copies of tape contents
 * [https://www.pdp8online.com/images/linctape-images/linc-8-dial.shtml Images of DIAL LINCtapes used on a PDP-12] - copies of other tapes

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 ==Images==
-[[Image:PDP-12_Update-Uppsala.jpg|400px|PDP-12 at the Update Computer Club at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden]]
+[[Image:PDP-12_Update-Uppsala.jpg|400px|thumb|left|PDP-12 at the Update Computer Club at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden]]
 <!-- ==Further reading==
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 ==External links==
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 ** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/Laboratory_Computer_Handbook_1971.pdf Laboratory Computer Handbook] - detailed information
 * [https://www.pdp8online.com/images/linctape-images/dial.shtml Images of DIAL LINCtapes used on a PDP-12] - copies of tape contents
 [[Category: DEC Systems]]
 [[Category: Minicomputers]]
 [[Category: Personal Computers]]

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-The '''PDP-12''' was a computer produced by DEC for use in laboratory settings. It was a descendant of (and replacement for) the [[LINC-8]]; its [[CPU]] could operate in one of two modes: either as a [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] (specifically a [[PDP-8/I]]), or as a [[LINC]] computer. In each mode, there is an instruction to switch to the other mode.
+The '''PDP-12''' was a computer produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] for use in laboratory settings. It was a descendant of (and replacement for) the [[LINC-8]]; its [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] could operate in one of two modes: either as a [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]] (specifically a [[PDP-8/I]]), or as a [[LINC]] computer. In each mode, there is an [[instruction]] to switch to the other mode.
-Like the LINC, it included a video display, analog inputs, and [[LINC tape]] drives (the TC12F option allowed them to operate as either LINC tapes, or [[DECtape]]s). It could also include any of the standard PDP-8 peripherals, attached to the positive logic PDP-8/I-type I/O bus.
+Like the LINC, it included a video [[display]], analog inputs, and [[LINC tape]] drives (the TC12F option allowed them to operate as either LINC tapes, or [[DECtape]]s). It could also include any of the standard PDP-8 [[peripheral]]s, attached to the positive logic PDP-8/I-type I/O bus.
 The basic machine included 4K words of 1.2 microsecond [[core memory]], which could be expanded in 4K word increments to up to 32K words.
 ==Further reading==

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−	The '''PDP-12''' was a computer produced by DEC for use in laboratory settings. It was a descendant of (and replacement for) the [[LINC-8]]; its [[CPU]] could operate in one of two modes: either as a [[PDP-8]] (specifically a [[PDP-8/I]]), or as a [[LINC]] computer. In each mode, there is an instruction to switch to the other mode.	+	The '''PDP-12''' was a computer produced by DEC for use in laboratory settings. It was a descendant of (and replacement for) the [[LINC-8]]; its [[CPU]] could operate in one of two modes: either as a [[PDP-8 family\|PDP-8]] (specifically a [[PDP-8/I]]), or as a [[LINC]] computer. In each mode, there is an instruction to switch to the other mode.

	Like the LINC, it included a video display, analog inputs, and [[LINC tape]] drives (the TC12F option allowed them to operate as either LINC tapes, or [[DECtape]]s). It could also include any of the standard PDP-8 peripherals, attached to the positive logic PDP-8/I-type I/O bus.		Like the LINC, it included a video display, analog inputs, and [[LINC tape]] drives (the TC12F option allowed them to operate as either LINC tapes, or [[DECtape]]s). It could also include any of the standard PDP-8 peripherals, attached to the positive logic PDP-8/I-type I/O bus.