This computer is my most recent aquisition. External pages on this computer. Wikipedia page LINC EIGHT pictures Article on LINC EIGHT in biology
This is two computers sharing a single memory. Only one CPU can be executing instructions at a time. The LINC processor is a 1's complement machine with special instructions for easy use of the input and output equipment and tape drive. The PDP-8 has a better instruction set for general purpose programming. Some of the original LINC instructions are emulated by code running on the PDP-8 to save cost. This machine has 4k 12 bit words of core memory. More when I have time to do research.
This machine was used by Charles Lasner in his home office. He was a PDP-8 expert who was involved in PDP-8's from their heyday till his passing from COVID-19 on April 3rd 2020.
The following picture links also have descriptions of what is shown in the pictures.
Front ( 46K)
Front without table ( 43K)
Back with door opened ( 97K)
Memory (113K)
LINC CPU (118K)
PDP-8 CPU (123K)
Top inside ( 93K)
Bottom inside (122K)
Unhappy cables (130K)
Side view (111K)
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documentation, software etc. you are willing to part with. I am
interested in anything PDP-8
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