Core Memory: Photographs of Vintage Computers

PDP-8, 1965

PDP-8, 1965
Manufactured by the Digital Equipment Corporation, the PDP-8 was the first successful mass-produced minicomputer. Its relatively low price ($18,000), desktop packaging, and simple programming model expanded the market for computers in universities, laboratories, and offices.

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