pdp8/E interface manual (preliminary)

[ftcnet]

Does anyone recognise this document? Is it available online anywhere? It was the only item that was of interest to me in a recent eBay DEC document collection (but not worth $215.+). Maybe it was included as part of another document that is online?

 

[jdreesen]

I have this very manual. Anything in particular you need ?
It is 91 pages and I would have to destroy it to properly scan it....

Jos

 

[Al Kossow]

Is there anything in it that isn't covered in one of the 3 volume maintenance manuals, or the pdp8 training docs under omnibus on bitsavers?
I remember seeing a copy, but it isn't turning up in any of the obvious boxes I have handy

 

[bobaboba]

I’ve never had any trouble just using the info from those sources. TBH I’ve never built a data break peripheral but other than that it’s straightforward quite trivial stuff I’d say.

 

[jdreesen]

Is there anything in it that isn't covered in one of the 3 volume maintenance manuals, or the pdp8 training docs under omnibus on bitsavers?

Does not seem to be anything new. As it says on the first page "this information has been extracted from a new Small Computer Handbook, which will be available at a later date. (c) 1970"

 

[ftcnet]

I have this very manual. Anything in particular you need ?
It is 91 pages and I would have to destroy it to properly scan it....
Jos

Thanks for replying. I suspect you have a somewhat rare DEC document.
Please don't destroy it to scan it. There are some low-cost 'book scanners' that seem like they might be adequate for that type of scanning without damaging it. Even something less than a 'proper scan' would probably be adequate as long as the content is legible.