For The PDP-8 Folks

[vrs]

From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
> Interesting assortment, but unless one needs lots of lamp drivers
> (W040), dunno how useful most of those are.  Without looking up each
> listed handle number, I can only take a stab, but ISTR most of the
> numbers out of my Straight-8s don't match.  To be sure, some do, but I
> see lots of unfamiliar handles in the auction picture.

Those lamp drivers do seem to pile up :-).  The auction reminds me of the
pile of Rxxx, Sxxx, and Wxxx that I have here.

> Unless someone _really_ needs to replace the console light board on an
> otherwise intact 08/S, I can't see how that auction is going anywhere.

I could see someone doing a project like Henk's, where an emulator is placed
behind the switches and lights.  Even if it were only the face plate, it's a
running start at an 8/S emulator :-).

> AX08... the closeup looks like Negibus notation.  Can't tell much more
> than that from the limited pictures.

I've been curious about the AX08; maybe someone will buy it and scan it.
The price is down in the impulse buy range, so there is hope for the auction
:-).

    Vince