Oscar
Experienced Member
Hi,
I just wanted to announce the birth of our PiDP-10 replica kit, and with that, a new overview site.
Because a PiDP-1 replica is coming up later this year, and so we will have a reasonably complete range of DEC's main models. It deserved a website to integrate them all into a single story:
The PiDP-10 took many years to complete, but it is also the most ambitious of the range. It 'captures in hardware' the ITS Reconstruction Project of Lars Brinkhoff et al. So it not only boots up TOPS-10 and ITS, but the hard disk images contain more than 400 programs; PDP-11 and PDP-6 simulators are part of the simulation package. The PDP-10 was the only mainframe ever that became a playground for hackers. So the hardware mix is delicious (the PDP-6 and a PDP-11 share the Ten's memory!); and there are lots of video games (spacewar, Maze War) to provide entertainment between bouts of PDP-10 assembly, Lisp. This was a networked machine, and thanks to an emulated IMP it's possible to recreate the ARPANET if the modern internet is too boring
Here is the new website: www.obsolescence.dev.
I can't resist two glamour shots of the Ten, now it is finally, finally done:
We're working on a PiDP-1 next, and a Whirlwind will complete the range after that. The PiDPs have become a real team effort, with Lars Brinkhoff and Richard Cornwell to thank for ITS and the PDP-10/KA10 simulator, Angelo Papenhoff for the PDP-1 simulation, and Guy Fedorkowski for the ongoing Whirlwind recovery project. We're having fun!
Kind regards,
Oscar.
I just wanted to announce the birth of our PiDP-10 replica kit, and with that, a new overview site.
Because a PiDP-1 replica is coming up later this year, and so we will have a reasonably complete range of DEC's main models. It deserved a website to integrate them all into a single story:
The PiDP-10 took many years to complete, but it is also the most ambitious of the range. It 'captures in hardware' the ITS Reconstruction Project of Lars Brinkhoff et al. So it not only boots up TOPS-10 and ITS, but the hard disk images contain more than 400 programs; PDP-11 and PDP-6 simulators are part of the simulation package. The PDP-10 was the only mainframe ever that became a playground for hackers. So the hardware mix is delicious (the PDP-6 and a PDP-11 share the Ten's memory!); and there are lots of video games (spacewar, Maze War) to provide entertainment between bouts of PDP-10 assembly, Lisp. This was a networked machine, and thanks to an emulated IMP it's possible to recreate the ARPANET if the modern internet is too boring
Here is the new website: www.obsolescence.dev.
I can't resist two glamour shots of the Ten, now it is finally, finally done:
We're working on a PiDP-1 next, and a Whirlwind will complete the range after that. The PiDPs have become a real team effort, with Lars Brinkhoff and Richard Cornwell to thank for ITS and the PDP-10/KA10 simulator, Angelo Papenhoff for the PDP-1 simulation, and Guy Fedorkowski for the ongoing Whirlwind recovery project. We're having fun!
Kind regards,
Oscar.