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The '''PDP-X''' was a proposed 16-[[bit]] [[minicomputer]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] from 1967-68; DEC elected to go with what became the [[PDP-11]] instead. | The '''PDP-X''' was a proposed 16-[[bit]] [[minicomputer]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] from 1967-68; DEC elected to go with what became the [[PDP-11]] instead. | ||
| − | A canard exists that Edson DeCastro, one of the founders of [[Data General]], left DEC when the PDP-X was cancelled (this part may be kind of true), and the PDP-X design became the [[Data General Nova|Nova]]; the Nova was quite different from the PDP-X, though. | + | A canard exists that Edson DeCastro, one of the founders of [[Data General]], left DEC when the PDP-X was cancelled (this part may be kind of true), and the PDP-X design was improperly removed with him and became the [[Data General Nova|Nova]]; the Nova was quite different from the PDP-X, though. |
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Revision as of 05:13, 20 September 2021
The PDP-X was a proposed 16-bit minicomputer from DEC from 1967-68; DEC elected to go with what became the PDP-11 instead.
A canard exists that Edson DeCastro, one of the founders of Data General, left DEC when the PDP-X was cancelled (this part may be kind of true), and the PDP-X design was improperly removed with him and became the Nova; the Nova was quite different from the PDP-X, though.
External links
- PDP-X documents - From the DEC archives
- PDP-X Bus Specification - Apparently influential in the QBUS
- What Was The PDP-X? - Insightful and illuminating retrospective from Bob Supnik based on the DEC PDP-X archives
