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[[FILE:PDP-8e, inside, 2.jpg|border|right|thumb|
| PDP-8 <ref>An open PDP-8/e shown at the Vintage Computing Festival 2014 in Berlin, Image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Morn Morn], October 05, 2014 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8 PDP-8 from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
The 12-bit '''PDP-8''' was the first successful commercial [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer minicomputer] manufactured and sold by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] from 1965 into the 1970s, initially designed by chief engineer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edson_de_Castro Edson de Castro] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8 PDP-8 from Wikipedia]</ref>.
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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accumulator_%28computing%29 accumulator], and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_flag carry bit] called the link register.
An amount of user-donated software for the PDP-8 was available from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECUS 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=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8 PDP-8 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmed_Data_Processor Programmed Data Processor from Wikipedia]
* [http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/pdp8/ Highgate's PDP-8 Page]
* [http://www.pdp8.net/ Online PDP-8 Home Page]
* [http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/pdp8.html The PDP-8 Family] from [http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/general.html Computer Collection]
* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=780&st=1 Old-Computers Museum | Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8]
* [http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/pdp-8.html PDP-8] by [http://ed-thelen.org/ Ed Thelen]
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102653921 PDP-8] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/DEC/PDP-8/ /resources/still-image/DEC/PDP-8/] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp8/ /pdf/dec/pdp8] from [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ bitsavers.org]
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/decus/programCatalogs/DECUS_Catalog_PDP-8_Aug78.pdf Program Library PDP-8 Catalog 1978] (pdf)
=References=
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[[FILE:PDP-8e, inside, 2.jpg|border|right|thumb|
| PDP-8 <ref>An open PDP-8/e shown at the Vintage Computing Festival 2014 in Berlin, Image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Morn Morn], October 05, 2014 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8 PDP-8 from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
The 12-bit '''PDP-8''' was the first successful commercial [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer minicomputer] manufactured and sold by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] from 1965 into the 1970s, initially designed by chief engineer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edson_de_Castro Edson de Castro] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8 PDP-8 from Wikipedia]</ref>.
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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accumulator_%28computing%29 accumulator], and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_flag carry bit] called the link register.
An amount of user-donated software for the PDP-8 was available from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECUS 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=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8 PDP-8 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmed_Data_Processor Programmed Data Processor from Wikipedia]
* [http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/pdp8/ Highgate's PDP-8 Page]
* [http://www.pdp8.net/ Online PDP-8 Home Page]
* [http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/pdp8.html The PDP-8 Family] from [http://www.piercefuller.com/collect/general.html Computer Collection]
* [http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=780&st=1 Old-Computers Museum | Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8]
* [http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/pdp-8.html PDP-8] by [http://ed-thelen.org/ Ed Thelen]
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102653921 PDP-8] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/DEC/PDP-8/ /resources/still-image/DEC/PDP-8/] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/pdp8/ /pdf/dec/pdp8] from [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ bitsavers.org]
* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/decus/programCatalogs/DECUS_Catalog_PDP-8_Aug78.pdf Program Library PDP-8 Catalog 1978] (pdf)
=References=
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