PDP-8 back on TV (I think)...

[Tim E. Sneddon]

Saw the following ad for Sportsbet.com.au on the TV tonight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVKGdL1YSY

I'm not sure (as I've never actually used a real one), but I
think the computer (at least the top rack) is a PDP-8.

Anyone else got a better idea?

Tim.

[VAXman-]

Could be. With an audio reel-to-reel deck below it.

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[Roger Ivie]

On 2009-12-21, Tim E. Sneddon <tim.s...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure (as I've never actually used a real one), but I
> think the computer (at least the top rack) is a PDP-8.

Sure looks like an -8/e to me.
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[Bob Koehler]

In article <qvNXm.63789$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Tim E. Sneddon" <tim.s...@bigpond.com> writes:

Sure looks like a DEC logo and PDP style panel, but I don't
recongnise which, nor can I clean up the picture to tell.

Nice catch.

[Rich Alderson]

koe...@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVKGdL1YSY

> Nice catch.

It's clearly a member of the PDP-8 family from the color scheme, but it doesn't
look like the 8/e in the museum. I'm out of town, or I'd take a look at the
8/i.

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[Dr Ivan D. Reid]

On 22 Dec 2009 00:38:08 -0500, Rich Alderson <ne...@alderson.users.panix.com>
wrote in <mddmy1b...@panix5.panix.com>:

> koe...@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:

>> In article <qvNXm.63789$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Tim
>> E. Sneddon" <tim.s...@bigpond.com> writes:

>>> Saw the following ad for Sportsbet.com.au on the TV tonight:

>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVKGdL1YSY

>>> I'm not sure (as I've never actually used a real one), but I
>>> think the computer (at least the top rack) is a PDP-8.

>>> Anyone else got a better idea?

>> Sure looks like a DEC logo and PDP style panel, but I don't
>> recongnise which, nor can I clean up the picture to tell.

>> Nice catch.

> It's clearly a member of the PDP-8 family from the color scheme, but it doesn't
> look like the 8/e in the museum. I'm out of town, or I'd take a look at the
> 8/i.

It looks a lot like this 8/e:
http://www.oldcomputers.arcula.co.uk/files/images/pdp8301.jpg
which is identical to the model I used for my PhD, AFAIR.

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[VAXman-]

In article <qvNXm.63789$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Tim E. Sneddon" <tim.s...@bigpond.com> writes:

It's a PDP-8/e

I've spliced a front panel image of a PDP-8/e into a screenshot from
the video.

http://www.tmesis.org/images/screenshot.png

[BobB]

On Dec 22, 9:21 am, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> In article <qvNXm.63789$ze1.51...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Tim E. Sneddon" <tim.sned...@bigpond.com> writes:
>
> >Saw the following ad for Sportsbet.com.au on the TV tonight:
>
> >    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVKGdL1YSY
>
> >I'm not sure (as I've never actually used a real one), but I
> >think the computer (at least the top rack) is a PDP-8.
>
> >Anyone else got a better idea?
>
> It's a PDP-8/e
>
> I've spliced a front panel image of a PDP-8/e into a screenshot from
> the video.
>
> http://www.tmesis.org/images/screenshot.png
>
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>
>  http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png
>
>   "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"

To complete the picture:
The tape recorder is a Otari MX-50-50, per Stuart Blacklock of:
http://vintagerecorders.co.uk/
and here's a closer pic:
http://members.shaw.ca/Orcinus2/AV/Otari_MX5050.jpg