The PDP-8 is a family of 12-bit minicomputers that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Launched in 1965, it was the first minicomputer to sell for under $20,000, and the $25,000 mark for a
A PDP-8 on display at The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley, England. This example is from the first generation of PDP-8s, built with discrete transistors and later known as the Straight 8.