PiDP-1, or the rebirth of an old machine

As one of those guys in the photo I really hope everyone will have a lot of fun with this :)<p>The photos don&#x27;t show it but you can also have your PiDP-1 in white instead of blue. It will come with both sets of front panels.

I have so much fun with my PiDP-11 that this will have to go on the list.<p>Does anyone know if MIDAS has been recreated for it or not?<p>A bit of the hint on the PPT reader, which would be awesome, the rp2xxx chips PIO can handle that with ease. As the PDP1 doesn&#x27;t have take-up it is pretty trivial to make at &#x27;historic&#x27; speeds. Obviously punching is much more difficult.<p>I looked into it for quite a bit, but not having access to tapes, puncher, supplies etc... I gave up on the idea as the PiDP-10 will scratch my personal nostalgia itch a bit more right now.

Delighted by the resemblance of the HN title to Tracy Kidder&#x27;s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, &quot;The Soul of a New Machine.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine</a>

The PiDP-1 and PiDP-10 are both absolutely gorgeous; while I&#x27;m glad to have modern keyboard and monitors and processors, I envy the past its style.

I&#x27;ve got a PiDP-11 from the same group. It&#x27;s a faithful replica, and it brings back memories from 50 years ago.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;obsolescence.dev" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;obsolescence.dev</a>

I just built my PiDP-11 and would love to get one of these.

Being an old DEC programmer (RSTS&#x2F;E BASIC, VAX BASIC and C), this stuff is more than nostalgia. It’s literally the foundation of my technical soul.

Congratulations on getting the vector display working as well! Now we can have the world&#x27;s most baroque Spacewar! mini arcade machine ever ;)

OK, after reading this site I want to know more about the PDP-1 demoscene.

See www.obsolescence.dev for more details