Difference between revisions of "PDP-8 family"

Latest revision as of 14:09, 19 September 2025

For information about the PDP-8 architecture in general, see PDP-8 architecture.

The PDP-8 family was a range of 12-bit minicomputers produced by DEC.

as well as three microprocessor implementations:

PDP-8 - Original PDP-8 documents at Bitsavers
PDP-8 reference card (images in TAR file)
C. Gordon Bell and John E. McNamara, The PDP-8 and Other 12-Bit Computers, in C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design, Digital Press, Bedford, 1978
Online PDP-8 Home Page - David Gesswein's PDP-8 site
- PDP-8 Document Search Results
Highgate's PDP-8 Page
PDP-8 Models and Options - Douglas Jones' PDP-8 site
The PDP-8 - "The first ‘personal’ computer for engineers and scientists ushered in the minicomputer era", John Voelker, IEEE Spectrum
"Rhode Island Computer Museum: Digital Equipment PDP-8/S, S/N 517" - "The PDP-8/S ... was designed by Saul P. Dinman and was the first CPU to cost less than $10,000. It ... does not contain any integrated circuits. Just the processor contains 1001 transistors."
"A relay PDP-8 ?" is a paper design by Joe Allen for a 227-relay computer implementation that executes the PDP-8 instruction set.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+''For information about the PDP-8 [[architecture]] in general, see [[PDP-8 architecture]].''
 The '''PDP-8 family''' was a range of 12-[[bit]] [[minicomputer]]s produced by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]].
@@ Line 41: / Line 43: @@
 | [[DECmate III|DECmate III+]] || 1985 || 1990 || ??? || Harris 6120     || Desktop
 |}
-as well as two [[microprocessor]] implementations:
+as well as three [[microprocessor]] implementations:
 * Fabri-Tek [[Fabri-Tek MP12|MP12]]
 * Intersil 6100 used in the [[VT78]]
 * Harris 6120, used in the [[DECmate]] systems
-== Architecture ==
-See [[PDP-8 architecture]]
 == Operating Systems ==