PDP-8/E

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PDP-8/E
PDP 8 e Trondheim.jpg
PDP-8/E front panel
Year Introduced: 1970
Memory Size: Maximum of 32 kwords in eight 4 kword banks


Introduced in 1970, the PDP-8/E was an improved model and included the Omnibus. It could perform an addition to the accumulator in 2.6 microseconds, and a 12 by 12 bit multiplication with 24 bit result in 40 microseconds with the math extension hardware.