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==Images==
 
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[[Image:PDP-12_Update-Uppsala.jpg|400px|PDP-12 at the Update Computer Club at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden]]
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==Further reading==
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==External links==
  
Detailed information is given in:
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* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/ pdp12] - PDP-12 at Bitsavers
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** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp12/Laboratory_Computer_Handbook_1971.pdf Laboratory Computer Handbook] - detailed information
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* [http://s3data.computerhistory.org/brochures/dec.pdp-12.1963.102646098.pdf The New PDP-12] - marketing brochure from DEC
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* [https://www.pdp8online.com/images/linctape-images/dial.shtml Images of DIAL LINCtapes used on a PDP-12] - copies of tape contents
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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
  
* "Laboratory Computer Handbook", 1971 edition
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Latest revision as of 18:56, 7 February 2024

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.

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 DECtapes). It could also include any of the standard PDP-8 peripherals, 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.

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PDP-12 at the Update Computer Club at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden


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