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Obsolescence Guaranteed

posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 18 2018, @03:41PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Friday May 18 2018, @05:36PM (3 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Friday May 18 2018, @05:36PM (#681280) Homepage Journal

    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!!

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by tangomargarine on Friday May 18 2018, @07:32PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday May 18 2018, @07:32PM (#681340)

    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.

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    "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

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 19 2018, @01:11AM (#681456)

    "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

    by driverless (4770) on Sunday May 20 2018, @11:27PM (#681987)

    Unfortunately DEC never went further than sensible, business-length skirts [pinimg.com] in their sales literature.