PDP-15

PDP-15
An incomplete PDP-15
DeveloperDigital Equipment Corporation
Product familyProgrammed Data Processor
TypeMinicomputer
Release dateFebruary 1970 (1970-02)
Lifespan1979
Units soldMore than 400
Operating systemDECsys, RSX-15, XVM/RSX, MUMPS, DOS-15[1]
PlatformDEC 18-bit
PredecessorPDP-9
PDP-15 console

The PDP-15 was the fifth and last of the 18-bit minicomputers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. The PDP-1 was first delivered in December 1959[2]: P.4  and the first PDP-15 was delivered in February 1970.[3] More than 400 of these successors to the PDP-9 (and 9/L) were ordered within the first eight months.[2]: p.16 

In addition to operating systems, the PDP-15 has compilers for Fortran[4] and ALGOL.[5]

  1. ^ DOS-15 System Manual (PDF).
  2. ^ a b DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION - Nineteen Fifty-Seven To The Present (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. 1975.
  3. ^ "The Early Architectures of DEC".
  4. ^ "PDP-15 FORTRAN IV Operating Environment" (PDF).
  5. ^ "PDP-15" (PDF). BitSavers.

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