PDP-1
Sign in to saveThe 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 known for being the most important computer in the creation of hacker culture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, and elsewhere. The PDP-1 is the original hardware for one of the first video games, Steve Russell's 1962 game Spacewar!.
Key facts
- Computing device.name
- PDP-1
- Computing device.logo
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- Computing device.image
- DEC PDP-1 Demo Lab at Mountain View's Computer History Museum.jpg
- Computing device.caption
- PDP-1 exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California
- Computing device.developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- Computing device.family
- Programmed Data Processor
- Computing device.type
- Minicomputer
- Computing device.units_shipped
- 53
- Computing device.media
- Punched tape
- Computing device.os
- BBN Time-Sharing System, Stanford Time Sharing System; most software, including Spacewar!, uses no operating system
- Computing device.memory
- magnetic-core memory
- Computing device.display
- Type 30 CRT
- Computing device.platform
- PDP 18-bit
- Computing device.predecessor
- TX-0 and TX-2
- Computing device.successor
- PDP-4
- Computing device.cpu_speed
- 187 kHz
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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 known for being the most important computer in the creation of hacker culture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, and elsewhere. The PDP-1 is the original hardware for one of the first video games, Steve Russell's 1962 game Spacewar!.
==Description== thumb|right|PDP-1 at the Computer History Museum with Steve Russell, creator of Spacewar! The large cabinet houses the processor. The main control panel is just above the desk, the paper tape reader is above it (metallic), and the output of the Teletype model BRPE paper tape punch above that (vertical slot). A storage tray for eight fanfold paper tapes is attached to the top panel. At the left is the IBM Model B [[typewriter modified by Soroban Engineering, and the Type 30 CRT display is to the far right.]]