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In article <foo> jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones) writes:
>There are also very likely to be many industrial users of PDP-8
>based systems.  Just last month, I was talking to a man from an
>Alcoa plant, and he said that they were still using NC machines
>that were real antiques.  I'd lay even odds on an antique NC
>machine being PDP-8 based!

Oh, yes indeedy, there are many, many industrial PDP-8 setups out there.  A
guy I used to know--field service rep for a measuring-equipment company--said
that his main job is maintaining 8/L and 8/I (and some 8/E or /F) setups
installed back in the late '60s, early '70s.  Apparently, it's mostly the
specialized OEM hardware that needs fixing--the 8's just keep on rolling.
Many plants that use his company's stuff also use 8-based NC rigs.  Kind of
awe-inspiring, when you think about it.

>				Doug Jones
>				jones@cs.uiowa.edu

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