LINC

LINC-8

PDP-12

Project start

1961

Summer 1965

6/67

First shipment

3/62

8/66

6/69

Withdrawn

12/69

12/69

6/75

Number produced

50 (21 by DEC)

143

1,000

Price (minimum)

$43600

$38500

$28100

Goals and features

Complete system for laboratory user (including file system and scope)

Low cost. speed. PDP-8 software/hardware, compatibility

Larger scope. bus compatible with PDP-8/I

Size (in inches)

69X32X30 plus separate tape, keyboard. console, and interconnection boxes

69X32X33

76X35X33

Memory-processor accesses (per second)

125 K

667K (PDP-8 memory)

667K (PDP-8/I memory)

Power (watts)

1 ,000

2.000

<2,000

Cathode ray tube

Originally 2 oscilloscopes; later only 1

1

1