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PDP-8: A High Speed Digital Computer

Digital Equipment Corporation

The record

Type
Vendor documentation
Tier
A: Vendor documentation, a government document, a technical manual or an official benchmark result. One tier A source is sufficient to publish a figure.
Locator
Features and data break: printed/PDF p. 4; standard components: p. 6; core, cycle, and console: p. 7; Teletype: p. 8; instruction timing: p. 10; programming: pp. 14-15; optional equipment: p. 16; electrical specifications: p. 18
Published
1965
Consulted
2026-10-13
Address
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2009/11/102683307.05.01.acc.pdf
Retrieved
3721571 bytes, SHA-256 b3939edf8b9fdad5… Recorded by the pipeline as evidence of what was downloaded, never as a fact about the hardware.
License
Copyright Digital Equipment Corporation. Short extracts are retained for verification of cited facts.

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  • Rated power consumption system · dec-pdp-8
  • Memory capacity (words) system · dec-pdp-8

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