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Obsolescence Guaranteed

posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 18 2018, @03:41PM   
from the panels-from-the-past dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow3941

The PiDP-11 is a modern replica of the PDP-11/70.

Introduced in 1973, the 11/70 was top of the line in the famed PDP-11 range, and the very last system with a proper front panel. Tragically, DEC field service often removed the front panel in a later upgrade, leaving us staring at dull blank panels ever since..

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The PiDP-11 wants to bring back the experience of PDP-11 Blinkenlights, with its pretty 1970s Magenta/Red color scheme. On a more modest (living room compatible) scale 6:10, with faithfully reproduced case and switches.

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The tabs above describe the PiDP in more detail. The web already contains lots of PDP-11 information, so these pages just focus on the practical PiDP aspects: how to build, operate and possibly hack the PiDP-11. The 'why' question will not be addressed here, only fools would think that PDP-11s are somehow obsolete.

Source: http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11

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• I was going to talk about their product but (Score: 3, Informative) by Arik on Friday May 18 2018, @04:17PM

  by Arik (4543) on Friday May 18 2018, @04:17PM (#681229) Journal

  I didn't get past that chunk of net pollution they mistakenly call their web page.
  
  It's clear the publisher doesn't think incompetence is obsolete - quite the contrary, it's all the rage just now!
  
  It's a shame. The PDP-11 was a great machine, a historical machine. What did it do to now be associated with such brain damage?
  
  

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