PDP-8/e

Josh Dersch derschjo at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 00:35:52 CST 2018


On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:29 PM Rod G8DGR via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> It can only do 110 baud !!
>

Unless you have an oddball SLU, this is not true -- what do you have
installed?  The earlier M8650 and the later M8655 can both be jumpered for
higher baud rates.

- Josh



>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Pete Turnbull via cctalk
> Sent: 08 December 2018 03:15
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: PDP-8/e
>
> On 07/12/2018 17:46, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> > On 12/07/2018 11:38 AM, Rod G8DGR via cctalk wrote:
> >> Oh good how do you set them to 110 baud?
> >>
> > Oh, WOW!  Good catch, it only goes down to 300 baud!  major screwup,
> > ought to be reported to the developers.
>
> But wouldn't it be better to set the serial card in the PDP-8/E to
> something faster anyway?  Although on one of the serial cards, that
> requires a crystal change, so though commonly done, may not be practical
> for Rod.
>
> --
> Pete
> Pete Turnbull
>
>


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