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To: hole_n_one

the sending unit for fr this evening is a pdp-8


16 posted on 10/22/2012 8:52:42 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (cat dog, cat dog, alone in the world is a little cat dog)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I wouldn’t mind having a pdp-8, few thousand bucks worth of gold in the boards.


29 posted on 10/22/2012 9:51:18 PM PDT by Carolina_Thor (It's always better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck; Carolina_Thor
pdp-8

few thousand bucks worth of gold in the boards.

DEC computer way before the Alpha chip... If I remember correctly, it was a discrete component machine with a bunch of cards (with a lot of gold on the contact pads and socket pins..) long before Intel made a 4004 and things started getting smaller. Now then, since you mentioned this relic, does this mean you are, shall we say, mature, or just a couple of youngsters who pulled a name out of a hat ;-)

After all, if you really had access to a PDP-8 when it was in production you are close to 'fossil' age like me. Just sayin ;-)

34 posted on 10/22/2012 11:30:00 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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