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The rack plans progress

January 17, 2011 By Toby Russell
I managed to grab a few hours over the weekend to start planning the build of the PDP-9 racks. I've decided to build the frame out of 33x33mm planned timber which should give a nice rigid frame and be able to bare a few heavy items such as a paper tape drive. Join Discussion

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1st new years resolution of the year – Must start the PDP-9 rebuild

December 31, 2010 By Toby Russell
So after 18 months of hibernation, I've decided the time has come to start building my replica PDP-9. As I've previously discussed this is going to be based around my original PDP-9 console and use the simh emulator to implement the CPU. Join Discussion

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VIDEO: TMOC demonstration of their Straight-8

December 30, 2010 By Toby Russell

Some nice videos here on YouTube from the National Museum of Computing in Bletchly Park, UK demonstrating their Straight-8:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDufWHsNVE[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDufWHsNVE[/youtube]

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swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube.com/v/SOOFHFnB0D8&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0″, “vvq-2745-youtube-2″, “425″, “344″, “10″, vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes);
swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube.com/v/OyDufWHsNVE&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0″, “vvq-2745-youtube-3″, “425″, “344″, “10″, vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes);
swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube.com/v/TWTpYUTbW8s&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0″, “vvq-2745-youtube-4″, “425″,… »

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PDP-8/E Rebuild – Part 1 – Strip Down

December 23, 2010 By Toby Russell
A new arrival in my collection was a fairly clean PDP-8/E chassis. The box came with no cards but I have sufficient spares to populate. First step in rebuilding it is to strip it down and remove all the foam gunk before moving onto reviving the power supply. Join Discussion

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PDP-8’s for sale

June 7, 2010 By Toby Russell

I’ve decided to sell of a few PDP-8’s as the hoard is getting rather large at the moment and so I’m prepared to part with the following:

PDP-8/M, 8KW core, M8650… »

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PDP-8/I and PDP-11/40 for sale on Ebay

June 3, 2010 By Toby Russell

A great looking pair of machines have come up on Ebay that should have all us enthusiasts salivating. A PDP-8/I and an 11/40. The 11/40 comes with a PC05 paper… »

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PDP-8/A Documentation

May 23, 2010 By Toby Russell
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EK-8A002-MM-02_PDP8A_UsersMan.pdf
21-Apr-2003 02:21
37M

EK-FPP8A-MM-001_FPP8-A_Maint_Sep76.pdf
24-Aug-2007 02:02
7.8M

EK-FPP8A-OP-001_FPP8-A_UsersMan_Dec76.pdf
22-Jan-2007 00:45
1.0M

EK-KL80A-OP-001_KL8-A_jan78.pdf
19-Dec-2003 06:19
3.6M

EK-KT08A-UG_jul78.pdf
19-Aug-2001 21:44
1.8M

EK-MS8CD-TM-001_MS8-C_MOS_Memory_Technical_Manual_Sep80.pdf
24-Aug-2007 17:56
2.0M

FPP8-A_EngrDrws_Feb76.pdf
06-Oct-2006 17:56
2.8M

KC8-A_engrDrws_Dec74.pdf
12-Mar-2003 19:42
1.2M

KC8-A_schem.pdf
29-Oct-2003 20:39
1.2M

MP-00KL8-A0_KL8-A_Engineering_Drawings_Dec75.pdf
14-Jun-2009 19:03
2.7M

MP00057_FPP8-A_Mar76.pdf
22-Jan-2007 00:37
6.3M

MP00415_8Asemi_Schem_Apr81.pdf
21-Jun-2005 20:26
21M

PDP8A_Schems_Apr81.pdf
28-Mar-2002 17:19
21M

firmware/
20-Dec-2009… »

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Recent Sales

By Toby Russell

A few PDP-8s have come up recently on Ebay. Here is a summary of the highlights:
PDP-8/L
This PDP had lived its last 30 years on a barn, although the pictures don’t… »

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PDP-8/L Documentation

May 13, 2010 By Toby Russell
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DEC-8L-D0BA-D_KP8L_Power_Failure_Option_Functional_Description_Apr69.pdf
24-Aug-2007 19:21
204K

DEC-8L-D4BA-D_MC8-L_FuncDescr_Jun70.pdf
22-Feb-2008 03:05
1.1M

DEC-8L-D4BA-D_MC8L_Memory_Extension_Control_Option_Functional_Description_Apr69.pdf
24-Aug-2007 19:22
2.0M

DEC-8L-HR1B-D_8LmaintVol1.pdf
17-Oct-2003 04:33
5.0M

DEC-8L-HR2A-D_8Lschem_Feb70.pdf
17-Oct-2003 04:32
2.7M

DEC-8L-I1AA-D_MC8-L_Inst_Mar70.pdf
22-Feb-2008… »

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PDP-8/L: Card Locations

By Toby Russell

This table details locations of cards on a PDP-8/L backplane. I’ve put it together to aid in working out what is missing from my 8/L. I believe it to be… »

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PDP-11 MUD – Building the production box

May 9, 2010 By Toby Russell

Initially I have decided to run the MUD on a microPDP-11/73 running BSD 2.11 Unix.
The chassis was fitted with a 4MB memory card, a third party eight channel DZV-11, a… »

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PDP-8/E Documentation

May 8, 2010 By Toby Russell
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The following documentation is available as PDFs for the PDP-8/E (source Bitsavers)

DEC-8E-HMM3A-C-D_MaintVol3.pdf
04-Jul-2002 02:11
26M
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DEC-8E-HR1C-D_8eMaint_Feb73.pdf
14-Oct-2003 23:39
13M
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DEC-8E-OCASA-B-D_CAPS8_UG.pdf
03-Jul-2003 01:14
9.6M
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PDP-8E_ECO_LOG_Dec74.pdf
31-Dec-2008 21:36
41M
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PDP-8E_IPB_Feb74.pdf
21-Nov-2007 19:01
826K
Illustrated parts… »

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If I don't need the machine myself, I will help locate a fellow collector so that it finds a good home.

toby@pdp11.co.uk

 

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