Odd PDP-8/I

[Pontus Pihlgren]

I sort of found an answer here. The pedestal version is mentioned in 
the pdp-8 faq:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dec-faq/pdp8-models/section-5.html

Also there are pictures in the maintenance manual:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/pdp8i/DEC-8I-HR1A-D_8Imaint_Mar70.pdf

Was this part of DEC marketing the PDP-8 as cute? it sure is :)

The question remains though, has anyone seen it in the wild? What was it 
used for?

/P

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 01:44:08PM +0100, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> Hi
> 
> In one of the computer clubs books there is a drawn picture of an odd 
> PDP-8/I. A bit of googling gave this:
> 
> http://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/windowslivewriterpdp8is-2c248-i-01-thumb.jpg
> 
> (Same picture, but bigger: )
> http://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/windowslivewriterpdp8is-2c248-i-01-2.jpg
> 
> Has anyone seen it in the wild, its a pretty wierd form factor, reminds 
> me about the H316 Kitchen computer.
> 
> Cheers,
> Pontus