"Space War"

[mloewen]

The original "SpaceWar!" was written on/for the pdp-1.

I had the privilege of playing SpaceWar on the PDP-1 at the Computer History Museum, shortly before its public exhibit was opened in 2005. The software was loaded in from paper tape, and we each had a control box for the spaceships. It was a real trip.

I've attached a couple of pictures of the PDP-1.

 

[Half-Saint]

Nice! I was somehow under the impression that they didn't have CRTs in 1962

 

[Floppies_only]

I had the privilege of playing SpaceWar on the PDP-1 at the Computer History Museum, shortly before its public exhibit was opened in 2005. The software was loaded in from paper tape, and we each had a control box for the spaceships. It was a real trip.

I've attached a couple of pictures of the PDP-1.

[Covet, covet] You know, one of my saved searches on eBay is "System/36" I know I could run one if I could get the manuals and software for it.

Sean