Subject: PDP Lineage Overview

From: [email-masked] (Strong datatypes for weak minds.)
Date: 9 JAN 94 15:40:00

Year  18-bitters     12-bitters         16-bitters                 36-bitters

1960    PDP-1 -------------------------------------------------------
          |                                                          \
1962    PDP-4 <--- LINC --------                                      \
1963      |        PDP-5   \    \                                      |
1964    PDP-7        |      \    \                                   PDP-6
1965      |        PDP-8 --\ |    \                                    |
1966      |        PDP-8/S LINC-8  |                                   |
1967      |          |       |     |                                 KA10
1968    PDP-9      PDP-8/I,L |     |                                   |
1969      |          |     PDP-12  |                                   |
1970    PDP-15       |           PDP-14  PDP-11(/20)                   |
1971      |        PDP-8/E                /   |  \                     |
1972    PDP-15/76  PDP-8/M        - PDP-11/05 | PDP-11/45 --         KI10
1973                 |           /   |    PDP-11/40  |      \          |
                     |          /    |         |     |       \         |
1975               PDP-8/A PDP-11/03 PDP-11/04 |     |    PDP-11/70  KL10
1976                 |            PDP-11/34    | PDP-11/55    |      KL20
1977               VT78              |    PDP-11/60           |
1978                              PDP-11/34C              VAX-11/780

[this isn't mine; it came from an old usenet posting from someone else -- rcs]

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