PP-1-8 Peripheral Processor High-Speed High-Accuracy Floating Point Processor for DEC Model PDP-8/9 Computers
Catalog Number
102646289
Type
Document
Description
This is a orange, black and white brochure for L-S Computing Corporation PP1-8 peripheral processor. The top three quarters of the front cover is orange. On the bottom of the cover there is a white bar with the company logo printed in the center. On the bottom of the orange section the following is printed: "2à5à8à4à9à" On the top right section the title is printed. In the top right quadrant there is a date stamp of "MAR 9 1972." The first section is a general description of the PP-1-8. The PP-1-8 is a high-speed floating-point arithmetic computing unit and is adaptable to the PDP-8 and PDP-9 computer families. Included in this section is a diagram of the PP-1-8 block organization. Following is a hardware description. Included is a diagram of the register bit designation. Following is a software description. The PP-1-8 comes with its own floating-point software package. Included in this section is diagram of the PP-1-8 instruction decoding. On the back cover there is a list of specification.
Date
1971-08
Publisher
L-S Computing Corporation
Place of Publication
U.S.
Extent
2 p.
Dimensions
10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.
Copyright Holder
L-S Computing Corporation
Category
Promotional Material
Subject
promotional materials; Digital computer: other; L-S Computing Corporation; PP-1-8 (Computer); Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Credit
Gift of Thomas J. Buckholtz and Helen T. Buckholtz
