DECmate was the name of a series of PDP-8 -compatible computers produced by the Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. All of the models used an Intersil 6100 (later known as the Harris 6100) or Harris 6120 (an improved Intersil 6100) microprocessor which emulated the 12-bit DEC PDP-8 CPU.

The PC278-A DECmate II was introduced in 1982 as one of three DEC systems to compete with the IBM PC. All DECmate II systems contained at least one 400 KB 5.25 inch RX50 floppy disk drive.

2021年3月30日 · The DECmate II was introduced in 1982 together with the Pro/350 (PDP-11 desktop) and the Rainbow (IBM PC competitor). That was the year that DEC hoped to take the corporate world by storm with its 3-pronged desktop strategy. The DECmate and Rainbow did quite well, but were overwhelmed by the IBM PC within a few years.

This DECmate II owners manual was included in a box set titled "DECmate II - Hardware Documentation." It was accompanied by the DECmate II System Test Diskette, The DECmate II System Overview Diskette, and the DECmate II Installation Guide.

2023年10月3日 · This is the DECmate II System Overview Disk that accompanied the DECmate II Owners Manual and the DECmate II Getting Started Manual - all part of the DECmate II Hardware Documentation box set.

The DECmate III was the last of the PDP-8 line and along with the closely related III+, was discontinued in 1990. It uses the 6120 CMOS PDP8 on a chip and the same memory arrangement as the DECmate II.

DECmate II provides all the features you would expect from a quality word processor. This includes centering lines of text, super- and sub-scripts, automatic pagination, automatic word wrapping, deleting and relocating text, and go-to-page. …

2023年10月3日 · This guide contains the instructions for installing a DECmate II. This guide was found in the Hardware Documentation Box Set that also included the DECmate II System Overview Diskette.

The DECmate II was the follow-on machine to the original DECmate. Both machines were members of the PDP-8 family based on the Harris 6120 cpu. It had 32k of RAM and an RX50 dual floppy drive, as well as a monochrome monitor.

2012年1月14日 · The VT78 and the Decmate I had a desk-height tower for the 8" floppies, so they were still fairly large. The Decmate II was sort of PC/AT sized, and the Decmate III/III+ were smaller, like a double-thick version of