PDP-8
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| PDP-8 | |
|   An original, transistorized PDP-8  | |
| Manufacturer: | Digital Equipment Corporation | 
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| Year Introduced: | 1965 | 
| Year Discontinued: | 1969 | 
| Word Size: | 12 bit | 
Introduced in 1965, the PDP-8 was DEC's major breakthrough.  The cheapest minicomputer yet made at the time, at an initial cost of $18,500.  The PDP-8 was transistorized and constructed out of DEC's Flip-chip technology.
| v • d • e PDP-8 Computers, Software and Peripherals | 
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|   PDP-8s: PDP-5 • PDP-8 • LINC-8 • PDP-8/S • PDP-8/I • PDP-8/L • PDP-12 • PDP-8/E • PDP-8/F • PDP-8/M • PDP-8/A
 Workstations: VT78 Also: PDP-8 family • PDP-8 architecture • PDP-8 Memory Extension units  |