Intercept (6100) PDP-8 compatibility?

[Tom Jennings]

>> What peripgherals and OS software is available for, or runs on,
>> the Intercept? (Not the Jr board, the rack-mount job).
>>
>> I'm thinking it might make a comfortably modern old machine...


On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Allison wrote:

> You can run most base PDP-8 software.  The small difference is the
> console IOTs are differently assigned but easily fixed in the code.
> Its the side effect of their IO devices.

Cool! So in what way is it electrically I/O compatible? Did the
Intercept have it's own peripherals (disk, tape, etc)? Or can it
connect to some DEC buss?

All I'm thinking of is a small disk (<= 10 MB), serial stuff (paper
tape, tty) and enough memory to run really old OS stuff.

At this point I'm not very serious, certianly not acquisitive yet.
Just stockpiling ideas.