Shelfmark

Hil.606

Maker

[Hilger & Watts Ltd.]

Subjects

Computers--Handbooks; manuals; etc.

Title

The operation of the PDP-8 Computer

Description

This document is a compilation of photocopied handwritten text; a photocopied extract from a printed manual; and a photocopied typescript.
After a general introduction, the handwritten section presents information under these headings:-
Number representation in a computer;
Basic components of a digital computer;
Programme storage in a digital computer;
Numbering systems used in digital computers;
The computer “word”;
The printed extract from the manual uses these headings:-
Standard PDP-8 operation;
Memory and processor instructions;
followed by some handwritten excercises and problems
The typescritpt is titled PAL Programming Guide, and presents information headed:
Equipment required;
General procedure;
Language details;
Error indicators in PAL;
A further extract from the printed manual titled [first words illegible] to the PDP-8 symbolic tape editor:-
A. General;
B. Modes of operation;
C. Loading sequence to correct a symbolic tape;
D. Summary of commands;
E. Sequence for punching out a correct symbolic tape

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Latest Date

Pages

48

Address

n.a.

Other Makers

Cat no

n.a.

Contents List

Hardback

Prices

Index

Illustrations

Yes

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