Re: PDP-8...did it have a CRT display?

From: Al Kossow (aek_at_spies.com)
Date: 12/15/03 

Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:23:04 -0800

In article <87u142hwii.fsf@prep.synonet.com>, Paul Repacholi
<prep@prep.synonet.com> wrote:

> > http://gallery.brouhaha.com/pdp1-20031029/img_4246
>
> It is from the PDP-1B, 1 built, 0 shipped. The 1C had
> a display, but it looked totally different.
>

The picture is of a Type 30 display that is part of the PDP-1
that is being restored (either a PDP-1C or PDP-1D.. there is
no serial number tag inside the machine to ID the model).

Perhaps you are thinking of the Type 343 display
http://lhasa.harvard.edu/?page=gallery.htm

Which also looks similar to the 338 and 339

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