PDP-8.org
a LINC, PDP-5, PDP-8 and PDP-12 resource
I buy systems, parts and documentation. Write me at nabil@pdp-8.org.
Documentation
Online are local copies of documentation I have scanned myself and material from other sites. All have been OCR'd for indexing (and adding a table of contents and other features) and stored in PDF. You might want to "right click" and save the .pdf files locally instead of trying to read them online, Acrobat Reader has an annoying habit of using byte-serving on large files which can be very slow when moving from page to page. Here are a few notes on my scanning environment. Note that each .pdf file probably has a corresponding .tif file which was the input used for Adobe Capture and will not have any imaging processing applied (such as deskew) which might be useful for printing.
You can navigate by browsing the documentation index or by using the search engine below.
Search Engine
This searches all the pages and documentation here and at most of the other PDP-8 sites.
Programs and Diagnostics
You can browse the following directories looking for programs and diagnostics.
Locally maintained files and information
- Teletype model 43 manuals I have
- how to make a ASR 43 adapter cable
- PDP-12 software/docs (unabridged)
- PDP-12 engineering drawings (unabridged)
- Decoding DEC part numbers
- Beginnings of an index of my doc sets
- Tools and Tips for old computer work
- List of manuals/print sets in my library
- Some unstructured notes about 8/12 options
- My list of three digit small modules and where they go (pre-OMNIBUS)
- Things I want to buy/trade for
- How to revive a PDP-8e/f/m
- Ebay's jhawk1972, caveat emptor.
Tidbits
- Me vs Deep Orange (log of chess game)
- How to add RS-232 hardware flow-control to the KL8-JA
- PDP-12 software/docs (unabridged)
- Some test scans (image size/quality tests).
- postinfo.txt
Other reference material
- Index to mostly OMNIBUS cards
- list of 8/10/11 M-series cards
- Steve Quigg's module list
- Zane Healy’s non-QBUS/non-UNIBUS module list (local copy)
- Steve Quigg MAINDECs
- The PDP-12 Users Manual html-ized by Carl Friend.
- A HTML-ized FAQ for the PDP-8 and Summary of PDP-8 models and options.
The best emulators
- Bob Supnik's emulator on the The Computer History Simulation Project web page.
- Doug Jones' UNIX based emulator includes a graphical X interface and a set of companion core images.
Other notable LINC/PDP-8/PDP-12 places to visit![[Dectape cartoon]](images/fundt.gif)
- A MIT LINC page.
- Doug Jones' PDP-8 page, includes a great collection of related links.
- Paul Pierce's PDP-8 Family collection.
- McQuiggin/Gesswein Highgate's PDP-8 page.
- David Gesswein's PDP8.NET
- The Update.uu.se and Sunsite.unc.edu FTP sites.
- The alt.sys.pdp8 newsgroup.