WOW!!!! $15k DEC PDP-8 CLASSIC MINICOMPUTER SYSTEM DIGITAL PDP8

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On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:

> Even where IBM cards of that era used 'commodity' components, they were
> usually completely house-marked and impossible for a mere mortal to
> figure out.  This goes all the way down to resistor networks and
> resistors/capacitors (except those few that have color-code bands.)

DEC used standard components.

Hmm, another example of the more open nature of DEC vs. IBM? ;)

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