pontus
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Finally! After a year or two of searching I have gotten my hands on a PDP-8. A PDP-8/e to be exact. I packed four friends in the car and drove 500+ kilometers and back to the yearly electronics auction at the Gothenburg university. It's arranged by ETA (swedish link) and it was the most fun I've had in a long time. I bought a bunch of other goodies quite cheap and would have bought more unless I had my eyes on the PDP. After a couple nervous hours waiting the PDP-8 was lifted onto the auction table and it was over before it even started Just like that, I now have my dream collectible. It is in fairly good cosmetic condition and complete. The innards is a bit of a mess, but nothing that can't be sorted out.
Here is a video of the actual auction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap2btL3METI (I'm not visible in the video, but my long haired friend is and you get a short glimpse of the 8 ).
I have some crappy pics here: http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/eta/
Does anyone know what the DECMux box is for? I bought it separately from the PDP-8, so its probably not contemporary with it. Also, can you guess what the object on "Bild54.jpg" is? (it was sold as kryptonite )
I'm getting a new camera this week(hopefully) and will update this threads with better pictures then.
Here is a video of the actual auction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap2btL3METI (I'm not visible in the video, but my long haired friend is and you get a short glimpse of the 8 ).
I have some crappy pics here: http://www.update.uu.se/~pontus/slask/eta/
Does anyone know what the DECMux box is for? I bought it separately from the PDP-8, so its probably not contemporary with it. Also, can you guess what the object on "Bild54.jpg" is? (it was sold as kryptonite )
I'm getting a new camera this week(hopefully) and will update this threads with better pictures then.