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Archive for December 2010

VIDEO: TMOC demonstration of their Straight-8

Some nice videos here on YouTube from the National Museum of Computing in Bletchly Park, UK demonstrating their Straight-8:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDufWHsNVE[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyDufWHsNVE[/youtube]

Tags: straight-8, Video
Posted under Uncategorized by Toby Russell on 12.30.2010 | No Comments

PDP-8/E Rebuild – Part 1 – Strip Down

A new arrival in my collection was a fairly clean PDP-8/E chassis. The box came with no cards but I have sufficient spares to populate.

First step in rebuilding it is to strip it down and remove all the foam gunk before moving onto reviving the power supply.

Here are some pictures from the strip down

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Tags: new arrival, PDP-8/E, rebuild, restoration
Posted under My Machines, PDP-8/E by Toby Russell on 12.23.2010 | No Comments