Dublin Core
Title
PDP-4 Computer
Description
The PDP-4 was 18-bit machine intended to be a slower, cheaper alternative to the PDP-1; it was not considered commercially successful. All later 18-bit PDP machines (7, 9 and 15) were based on a similar, but enlarged instruction set, more powerful, but based on the same concepts as the 12-bit PDP-5/PDP-8 series. One customer the PDP-4 was Atomic Energy of Canada. The installation at Chalk River, Ontario included an early PDP-4 with a display system and a new PDP-5 as interface to the research reactor instrumentation and control. (description adapted from Wikipedia)
Creator
Digital Equipment Corporation
Date
1964
Identifier
2017.30
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photographic print
Physical Dimensions
5x7 in