The PDP-10, a computer from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), played an important role in early computing. It made time-sharing common, and even helped build the early ARPANET, the precursor to modern internet. On this day May 17 1983, DEC announced the cancellation of the PDP-10, marking the end of an era. The PDP-10 legacy lives on in hacker folklore, and the ALT key on your keyboard is a legacy from WAITS, an operating system that ran on the PDP-10. #RetroComputing#DEC#PDP10#OnThisDay
👨🔧 PDP-10 Replica Powered by Raspberry Pi 5 SBC | LinuxGizmos.com
「 The PDP-10 was a significant piece of computing history, epitomizing the era of innovation at the MIT AI Lab in the 1960s and 70s. This device was pivotal in early AI research, the development of hacker culture, and the birth of networked computing, laying the groundwork for many modern computing concepts 」
Nach PiDP-11 und PiDP-8 ist jetzt auch der PiDP-10 fertig: ein Bausatz für die Emulation einer DEC PDP-10 auf einem RaspberryPi, einschließlich Frontpanel und Blinkenlights: https://www.obsolescence.dev
Als nächstes arbeitet Oscar an der PiDP-1. Einen Prototypen davon habe ich vergangenen Oktober in Berlin am VCFB schon sehen können. #vintagecomputing#retrocomputing#pdp10