While BAH was more involved in PDP-10 stuff, I wonder what her take is on this. On 10/11/2019 8:04 PM, Clem cole wrote: > FYI.  I sent this to one of the lead DOC people from the old days to > see if she knew.  Here is her answer. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> *From:* "Janet Egan" >> *Date:* October 11, 2019 at 7:53:16 PM EDT >> *To:* "'Clem Cole'" >> *Subject:* *RE: Curious Question from the Ether about use of Upper >> and Lower case at DEC* >> >> Hi Clem, >> >> Hmm, I don’t remember whether the style guide addressed that. In the >> docs for  RSX-11M and such I always wrote it “PDP-11”, that is upper >> case with the dash.  I do remember the logo on the machine as always >> lower case with no dash. The PDP-8 had the same style logo. And >> you’re right about seeing the lower case on the cover of the >> handbooks.  I have never seen the lower case with the dash or the >> upper case without it. I don’t think I still have my copy of the >> style guide. Maybe I’ll take a look around my archives for it. >> >> What a fun question to be thinking about . >> >> Janet >> >> *From:*Clem Cole >> *Sent:* Friday, October 11, 2019 9:47 AM >> *To:* Janet Egan >> *Subject:* Curious Question from the Ether about use of Upper and >> Lower case at DEC >> >> Janet, >> >>  I'm part of The Unix Historical Society (TUHS) mailing list and a >> topic came up that I thought you might be able to shed some >> light on.  The observation was that 'DEC seemed to have a >> schizophrenic attitude to wrt to use of upper and lower case WRT to >> the PDP-11 brand,' i.e. sometimes using "PDP-11" and sometimes >> "pdp11"  (but I note rarely if ever PDP11 or pdp-11) . For instance, >> the logo on the system itself was all lower: PDP-11/40 >>  but >> DEC documentation mostly used uppercase in the text; but when used on >> the places like the cover could be either /e.g. /the >> "pdp11 peripherals handbook" to transcribe the cover exactly but it >> uses upper case "PDP-11" several times on pg 1-1 and the same on the >> binding.  But I could not find examples of pdp-11 or PDP11, /i.e./ if >> all lower it was with the dash or all upper without. >> >> Do you remember if there were rules or guidelines and if so what they >> might have been? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Clem >>