Title: DEC PDP-1
Scrape As: DEC PDP-1
Release Date: 1960-11-01
Developer: Digital Equipment Corporation
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation
CPU: 18-bit @ 5 ms/memory cycle
Memory: 4K words (up to 64K) Magnetic coincident-core
Graphics: 1024x1024 point and 4096x4096 point
Sound: Single register with four flip-flops
Display: DEC Precision CRT Display Type 30 or DEC Ultra-Precision CRT Display Type 31
Media: Paper tape / DEC Type 550 / DEC 555 Microtape (DECtape)
Max Controllers: 2
Sort Title: DEC PDP-1
Platform Category: Computers
Notes:
The PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) is the first computer in Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP series and was first produced in 1959. It is famous for being the computer most important in the creation of hacker culture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BBN and elsewhere. The PDP-1 is the original hardware for playing history's first game on a minicomputer, Steve Russell's Spacewar!
Pictures:
DEC PDP-1 Platform Video.mp4
