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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: 3, Informative) by Arik on Friday May 18 2018, @07:13PM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Friday May 18 2018, @07:13PM (#681325) Journal
    As another noted, the content *is* in the source code and can be made visible by disabling styles.

    Annnd it turns out this is just a case for a raspberry pi.

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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday May 18 2018, @08:48PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Friday May 18 2018, @08:48PM (#681380) Journal

    A $250 case for a Raspberry Pi. Although admittedly one that causes me to salivate a bit, just like $660 for a replica Altair 8800.

    But for those prices.... right now eBay is offering a Model III TRS-80 case for $169. And even that is too much for me but is the nostalgic choice I'd buy to casemod something from.

    Looked cool, anyway.

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