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1. DECUS NOPSIG Posters
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... DEC on the road to fame and fortune. It has been re-implemented every few years in newer technology. 1965 - PDP8 1968 - PDP8/I 1970 - PDP8/E 1974 - PDP8/A 1977 - VT78 ...

2. SBC6120 PDP8 Replica - Part 5
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The final result.

3. SBC6120 PDP8 Replica - Part 4
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Assembling the FP6120 front panel is fairly easy.... if you read the instructions first.   The worst thing you can do is jump ahead and install the front panel switches.   Don't ...

4. SBC6120 PDP8 Replica - Part 3
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For me the thing that really really finishes the SBC6120 is the FP6120 front panel. It takes a great PDP8 compatible single board computer and gives it the feel of a 1970's minicomputer.  Even ...

5. SBC6120 PDP8 Replica - Part 2
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Building an SBC6120/FP6120 kit requires a 2 pin stacking header to join J5 on the FP6120 with J10 on the SBC6120.   This header is not included on the partial kit of parts and I hadn't ...

6. SBC6120 PDP8 Replica - Part 1
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... of Auckland from the early 1970's until he retired in 1995.   The first computer I ever saw was the PDP8e that he had at work.  I don't recall any many of the specifics of the machine except ...

7. Building simh for OpenWRT
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... a PDP8 at work before micros slowly took over... and the Data General Nova I supported in one of my first jobs.... oh the Nova 3... what I lovely machine.  I wish I had the forthought ...