Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!cca!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Ah, yes, the Pdp-7. - (nf) Message-ID: <337@ima.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 18:36:13 EDT Article-I.D.: ima.337 Posted: Mon Jun 13 18:36:13 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 13:13:49 EDT Lines: 23 #R:sri-arpa:-193300:ima:16900007:000:944 ima!johnl Jun 13 11:40:00 1983 It is indeed slander to say that the PDP-7 looked like the PDP-8. The PDP-7 looked like a PDP-4, the 9 looked like a 7, and the 15 looked like a 9, with extra bells and whistles being added each time they reimplemented it. The PDP-5 was a downsized 4, sort of (12 bits instead of 18) and the 8 was a reimplementation of the 5, fixing some of the more peculiar warts. So the 8 looked like the 7, not the other away around. But actually, we mean "acted" rather than "looked." The 8 physically was the best looking machine DEC ever built. It had two logic racks over the front panel, each with an attractive smoked plastic cover covering each bay. The front panel was real glass, not easily scratched plastic. We had our PDP-8 mounted on a pallet with handles so we could carry it around like a sedan chair. There were giants then. John Levine, decvax!yale-co!jrl, ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!johnl, {research|alice|allegra|floyd|amd70}!ima!johnl