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Started by Thomas J. Trebisky
Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:31
What is a DecMate-II ??
Author: Thomas J. Trebisky
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:31
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:31
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Hello, I have recently learned that I will soon be the proud owner of a DecMate-II. Exactly what is this machine? I am quite familiar with the Rainbow, but I understand the DecMate is based on an LSI implementation of one of DEC's minicomputers. Can anyone clarify this for me? Thanks!! Tom -- Tom Trebisky ttrebisky@as.arizona.edu "Did you know that 500,000 trees are consumed in America each week to produce our Sunday newspapers. Never mind recycling, why even take the paper?"
Re: What is a DecMate-II ??
Author: Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,319335...
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 15:54
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 15:54
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From article <1993Jan7.203155.14985@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>, by tom@afthree.as.arizona.edu (Thomas J. Trebisky): > I have recently learned that I will soon be the proud owner > of a DecMate-II. Exactly what is this machine? It's a member of the PDP-8 family. You probably want to post in the alt.sys.pdp8 newsgroup to get in touch with other DECmate owners and find software. There's a FAQ for that newsgroup that lists the kinds of stuff you might want to know. Doug Jones jones@cs.uiowa.edu
Re: What is a DecMate-II ??
Author: RSpangler
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:40
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:40
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The DECMate II (2) is a computer based upon the Harris 6120 CPU. This CPU implements a complete PDP-8 CPU on one VLSI chip. It is binary compatible with all PDP-8 soft- ware. The DECMate II is provided with two seperate memory areas the main memory, 32K by 12 bits and the core memory, 32K by 12 bits. The core is where the operating system resides. It was sold mainly as a word processing station but can run the OS8 operating system available through DECUS. Internally it holds 2 or 4 5 1/4" floppy drives or 2 floppies and a hard drive with proper controller card. It also can support an APU, auxillary processor unit (Z-80 and CPM based), and a graphics card (color) that supports REGIS graphics. Standard video is VT102 monochrome. All in all this was a good machine but came out a little too late. If more info is desired let me know via E-MAIL Ralph Spangler rspangle@su19a.ess.harris.com
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