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The 12-bit PDP-8 was the first successful commercial minicomputer manufactured and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation from 1965 into the 1970s, initially designed by chief engineer Edson de Castro.

The PDP-8's basic configuration had a main memory of 4,096 twelve-bit words, the programmer's view of the PDP-8 had only eight instructions and two registers, a 12-bit accumulator, and a carry bit called the link register.

An amount of user-donated software for the PDP-8 was available from DECUS, the Digital Equipment Corporation User Society, and often came with full source listings and documentation.

=PDP-8 Chess Programs=
 * CHEKMO-II
 * QCHESS

=See also=
 * PDP-1
 * PDP-6
 * PDP-10
 * PDP-11
 * Nova

=External Links=
 * PDP-8 from Wikipedia
 * Programmed Data Processor from Wikipedia
 * Highgate's PDP-8 Page
 * Online PDP-8 Home Page
 * The PDP-8 Family from Computer Collection
 * Old-Computers Museum | Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8
 * PDP-8 by Ed Thelen
 * PDP-8 from The Computer History Museum
 * /resources/still-image/DEC/PDP-8/ from The Computer History Museum
 * /pdf/dec/pdp8 from bitsavers.org
 * Program Library PDP-8 Catalog 1978 (pdf)

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