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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..
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.
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
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @04:38PM (7 children)
It's the very beginning of the damn article (summary).
(Score: 0, Troll) by PiMuNu on Friday May 18 2018, @05:25PM (6 children)
> PDP-11/70
That didn't help.
(Score: 4, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Friday May 18 2018, @05:36PM (3 children)
A miniskirt is a VERY SMALL skirt. And when a girl wears one it's very sexy. As everybody knows. Well, this is a minicomputer. Which is a VERY SMALL computer. And to certain people, I guess, it's sexy. Let me tell you, it would be much sexier with a couple of girls in miniskirts!!
(Score: 4, Informative) by tangomargarine on Friday May 18 2018, @07:32PM
For whatever chucklenuts modded this "Informative," minicomputers [wikipedia.org] are actually a good deal larger than your average PC because this was back in the time before miniaturization had gotten computers so small as today--the 60s and 70s.
We're talking about a computer the size of a refrigerator (including storage). It's only "mini" compared to a full-sized mainframe the size of a whole room.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 19 2018, @01:11AM
"A miniskirt is a VERY SMALL skirt. And when a girl wears one it's very sexy. [...]"
Yeah, right. In the USofA, a 'miniskirt' is considered part of a law enforcement uniform.
(Score: 3, Funny) by driverless on Sunday May 20 2018, @11:27PM
Unfortunately DEC never went further than sensible, business-length skirts [pinimg.com] in their sales literature.
(Score: 3, Informative) by epitaxial on Saturday May 19 2018, @01:41AM (1 child)
Turn in your geek card if you don't know anything about Digital Equipment Corp.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Monday May 21 2018, @09:00AM
Gah, it messed up my Geek Card! Double tap.