https://gunkies.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AList_of_Programmed_Data_Processors 2026-05-28T17:54:24Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.30.1 https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=25334&oldid=prev 2022-03-23T07:03:29Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">PDP-2 ½: </span> More information about CASINO.</span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:03, 23 March 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18" >Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Interestingly, this says there '''was''' a PDP-2 prototype, implying it was in fact designed to some degree.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Interestingly, this says there '''was''' a PDP-2 prototype, implying it was in fact designed to some degree.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 08:07, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 08:07, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Page 5 here talks about the &quot;CASINO&quot; computer, then at Searle Medidata:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://tcm.computerhistory.org/CHMfiles/Memos%20Regarding%20Start%20of%20DEC%20Musuem%201972-1975.pdf</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 08:03, 23 March 2022 (CET)</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki-wiki_:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:23617:newid:25334 --> </table>

Larsbrinkhoff https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23617&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T18:28:53Z

<p>PDP: Picture of front label</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:28, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Meaning of &quot;PDP&quot;===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Meaning of &quot;PDP&quot;===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Was this changed at some point? I've seen it as &quot;Programmed Data Processor&quot; elsewhere (e.g. https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/introduction/) and I'm looking at a picture of the front of a PDP-1 where a label also uses the same. [[User:Tor|Tor]] ([[User talk:Tor|talk]]) 08:47, 10 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Was this changed at some point? I've seen it as &quot;Programmed Data Processor&quot; elsewhere (e.g. https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/introduction/) and I'm looking at a picture of the front of a PDP-1 where a label also uses the same. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Edit: The [https://retrocomputingforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/83190734dd3f93e1278ad84b1652675511921709.jpeg picture] </ins>[[User:Tor|Tor]] ([[User talk:Tor|talk]]) 08:47, 10 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just used 'Programmable', going from my memory (which had clearly dropped a few bits over time). That's a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just used 'Programmable', going from my memory (which had clearly dropped a few bits over time). That's a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki-wiki_:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:23607:newid:23617 --> </table>

Tor https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23607&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T18:08:36Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Meaning of &quot;PDP&quot;: </span> Another brain bubble, sigh</span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:08, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5" >Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just used 'Programmable', going from my memory (which had clearly dropped a few bits over time). That's a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just used 'Programmable', going from my memory (which had clearly dropped a few bits over time). That's a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Just to confirm, I looked in my (original) PDP-4 manual, and it confirms 'Programmed'. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:24, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Just to confirm, I looked in my (original) PDP-4 manual, and it confirms 'Programmed'. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:24, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: There's also the matter of &quot;Programmed '''Digital''' Processor&quot; versus &quot;'''Data'''&quot;. Most sources say the latter. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 18:43, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: There's also the matter of &quot;Programmed '''Digital''' Processor&quot; versus &quot;'''Data'''&quot;. Most sources say the latter. 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Jnc https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23606&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T18:06:37Z

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Jnc https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23605&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T16:43:49Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Meaning of &quot;PDP&quot;: </span> Digital vs Data.</span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:43, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5" >Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just used 'Programmable', going from my memory (which had clearly dropped a few bits over time). That's a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just used 'Programmable', going from my memory (which had clearly dropped a few bits over time). That's a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Just to confirm, I looked in my (original) PDP-4 manual, and it confirms 'Programmed'. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:24, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Just to confirm, I looked in my (original) PDP-4 manual, and it confirms 'Programmed'. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:24, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:: There's also the matter of &quot;Programmed '''Digital''' Processor&quot; versus &quot;'''Data'''&quot;. Most sources say the latter. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 18:43, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===PDP-2 ½===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===PDP-2 ½===</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki-wiki_:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:23604:newid:23605 --> </table>

Larsbrinkhoff https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23604&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T16:25:06Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Meaning of &quot;PDP&quot;: </span> confirm &#039;Programmed&#039;</span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:25, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3" >Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Was this changed at some point? 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I just <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">typed </del>'Programmable' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in</del>, going from my memory<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; that</del>'s a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">used </ins>'Programmable', going from my memory <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(which had clearly dropped a few bits over time). That</ins>'s a lesson to ''always'' check! 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Jnc https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23594&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T15:11:53Z

<p>Good catch! Thanks!!</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:11, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2" >Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Was this changed at some point? I've seen it as &quot;Programmed Data Processor&quot; elsewhere (e.g. https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/introduction/) and I'm looking at a picture of the front of a PDP-1 where a label also uses the same. [[User:Tor|Tor]] ([[User talk:Tor|talk]]) 08:47, 10 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Was this changed at some point? I've seen it as &quot;Programmed Data Processor&quot; elsewhere (e.g. https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/introduction/) and I'm looking at a picture of the front of a PDP-1 where a label also uses the same. [[User:Tor|Tor]] ([[User talk:Tor|talk]]) 08:47, 10 May 2021 (CEST)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: Oooh, good catch! Thanks very much for catching that!! I just typed 'Programmable' in, going from my memory; that's a lesson to ''always'' check! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:11, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===PDP-2 ½===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===PDP-2 ½===</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki-wiki_:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:23593:newid:23594 --> </table>

Jnc https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23593&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T15:08:10Z

<p>Jnc moved page <a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmable_Digital_Processors&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Talk:List of Programmable Digital Processors (page does not exist)">Talk:List of Programmable Digital Processors</a> to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Digital_Processors&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Talk:List of Programmed Digital Processors (page does not exist)">Talk:List of Programmed Digital Processors</a> without leaving a redirect: Misspelled</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:08, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" lang="en"><div class="mw-diff-empty">(No difference)</div> </td></tr></table>

Jnc https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23589&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T06:07:55Z

<p>Signed.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:07, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l10" >Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Interestingly, this says there '''was''' a PDP-2 prototype, implying it was in fact designed to some degree.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Interestingly, this says there '''was''' a PDP-2 prototype, implying it was in fact designed to some degree.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 08:07, 11 May 2021 (CEST)</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki-wiki_:diff:version:1.11a:oldid:23588:newid:23589 --> </table>

Larsbrinkhoff https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_Programmed_Data_Processors&diff=23588&oldid=prev 2021-05-11T06:07:39Z

<p>PDP-2 ½ info.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:07, 11 May 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2" >Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Was this changed at some point? 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