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..
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: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday May 18 2018, @08:48PM
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.
This sig for rent.