Configurations and Prices

This document is a comprehensive price list for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-12 computer systems, effective January 1971. It details various PDP-12 configurations, starting from the PDP-12/10 Basic Laboratory Instrument System ($15,900) up to the PDP-12 LDP Laboratory Data Processor ($47,900) and the TSS/12 Multiple Language Timesharing System (ranging from $64,430 to $76,330).

The document then provides an extensive catalog of optional peripherals and subsystems, including:

• Processors and Options: Floating Point Processors, Real Time Clocks, Arithmetic Options, Priority Interrupt, Power Fail/Restart, and Time Share Options.
• Memory and Storage: Additional Core Storage, various Disk Storage units (fixed and removable), and Paper Tape equipment.
• Magnetic Tape Systems: LINCtape and DECtape control units, dual tape transports, and IBM-compatible magnetic tape units.
• Input/Output Devices: Card Readers, CRT Displays for point plotting, Incremental Plotters, and Line Printers.
• Data Communication and Terminals: Multiple Terminal Control, Teletype control, Serial-line and Data-phone Interfaces, Writing Tablets, and a range of terminals (DECwriter, KSR, ASR, Alphanumeric Terminal).
• Instrumentation and Interfacing: Analytical Instrument Packages, Interfacing Accessories, Analog-to-Digital Subsystems (high-level, low-level differential, and guarded scanning digital voltmeters), and Digital-to-Analog Subsystems.
• Hardware and Supplies: Equipment Bays, DEC Supplies (LINCtape kits, paper, ribbons), and various Spare Parts.

Each listed item includes its type number, prerequisites, field installation cost, 1-shift maintenance cost, and price. The document also provides practical information on mounting codes, field installation charges and travel costs, shipping policies, and includes a layout sheet and a configuration block diagram. Contact information for Digital Equipment Corporation's world-wide sales and service offices is also provided. All prices are F.O.B. Maynard, Massachusetts, and apply to the Continental United States, excluding taxes.