Subject: There is actually PDP8 users out there * STILL *

From: [email-masked] (Gint Burokas)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 12:34:53

I  can't believe there is actually a news group for PDP8's on Internet, let 
alone people discussing EAE SAM stuff.

I thought I was the last remaining WIZARD of PDP8's , tho I have long 
forgotted  about EAE.

I have several working ones in my little museum : PDP 8i, PDP 8E and a lot of 
peripherals, disks , tapes and diagnostics.
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Gint Burokas
[email-masked]
Wizdom Systems Inc., Naperville, IL, USA (708) 357-3000
The opinions expressed above do not necessarily etc etc...

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From: [email-masked] (Charles Lasner)
Date: 27 Feb 1994 19:49:11 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
>alone people discussing EAE SAM stuff.

Go get via anonymous ftp the archives of alt.sys.pdp8 which started in 
late 1992.  I have it all there up to the end of January '94.  The 
address is sunsite.unc.edu in the directory:

/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-8/usenet/alt.sys.pdp8

organized by months.  The latest is 9401.asp for Jan '94, etc.

>I thought I was the last remaining WIZARD of PDP8's , tho I have long 

Poof!  You are nothing but a charlatan!

*Real* PDP-8 wizards never forget about EAE.  Also, since I am one of 
them, and I don't know you, you aren't one!

>peripherals, disks , tapes and diagnostics.

We would be curious about your little collection.  Please elaborate on 
it.  Perhaps some of us are interested in some of it.

However, your collection of newer PDP-8's is not worthy of wizardry.  
True PDP-8 wizardry requires one to have a working PDP-8, LINC-8, or 
PDP-5.  The true wizard is not dependent on modern technology such as any 
form of integrated circuits.  A goodly collection of 2N3639B transistors, 
a few diodes and a good soldering iron are true wizard's tools.

However, even pretender wizards are welcome to a.s.p.

cjl (Grand Imperial PDP-8 Wizard)

Bonus question of the day:  Can anyone explain the reasoning behind the 
LINC/LINC-8 instruction ZZZ (which was renamed QLZ in the PDP-12)?  (On a 
scale of 1-10, this question is worth 8 frames of paper-tape leader/trailer.)