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<img src="540px-PDP-8_.jpg" alt="pdp-8"
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The PDP-8 is a 12-bit minicomputer that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It was the first
commercially successful minicomputer, with over 50,000 units being sold over the model's lifetime. Its basic design
follows the pioneering LINC but has a smaller instruction set, which is an expanded version of the PDP-5 instruction
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The PDP-8 combines low cost, simplicity, expandability, and careful engineering for value. The greatest historical
significance was that the PDP-8's low cost and high volume made a computer available to many new customers for many
new uses. Its continuing significance is as a historical example of value-engineered computer design.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8</a>
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