PDP-6 questions

[Zane H. Healy]

At 5:50 PM -0700 4/2/07, Seth Morabito wrote:
>1) Are there any complete PDP-6s anywhere at all?

Not that I'm aware of, though I can think of a couple places that might.

>2) Does the Computer History Museum in Mountain View have any PDP-6 artifacts?

They are one of the places that I'm thinking might have a -6, or at 
least parts of one.

>3) Are the stories about the Boston Computer Museum receiving a 
>complete PDP-6 and then chopping it up to sell as gifts truth or 
>urban legend?

I don't know if it was a -6, but it was something historically 
important, and to the best of my knowledge the answer is yes.

>4) Does any PDP-6 software still exist, especially PDP-6 ITS ?  (I 
>haven't found any on Bitsavers, so I'm guessing the answer is "no")

Again, not that I'm aware of, and I'm pretty sure I'd be aware of this.

>5) Does anyone have any PDP-6 stories they'd like to share with the group?
>
>
>I'm hoping #5 spurs on some good discussion.
>
>-Seth

You'd most likely get better answers to these questions on alt.sys.pdp10.

Zane


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