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PDP-8/m

PDP-8/m Front Panel

 

 

Date Introduced: 1972
Original Cost: Under $5,000.00
Date Discontinued: 1978
Base Memory: 4k Core
Offline Storage: Paper Tape was a common means of storage
Display: None, normally used with Teletypes such as the ASR33
Processor: KK8E
 
Apparently this system was used to control a sign that displayed the temperature and other things such as you see at a bank. This is one of the cables that went to the boards that controlled the sign and temperature sensor.
 
View of the cards in the system. Included is a 4K Core Stack. Closeups of two of the boards can be seen here (warning, large images).
 

Closeup View of Right side of the Front Panel.