a base price of $27,000 and designed for those not in need of the 18-bit PDP-4, yet having "applications needing solutions too complicated to be solved efficiently by modules systems" the PDP-5, when introduced in 1963, came at a time when the minicomputer market was gaining a foothold. Photos PDP-5 computer, including Teletype Model 33 ASR PDP-5 from Ed Thelen's collection Front panel of a PDP-5 Notes References DEC minicomputers 12-bit computers Transistorized computers Computer-related introductions in 1963