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#retrocomputing - Ecke
mit dem legedärem #PiDP8 Leihgabe v. @littlealex

dabei zum Querlesen:
- ceruzzi - Geschichte der Rechentechnik von 1986 - Klassiker
- ">OPEN HISTORY_" @stefanhoeltgen
- "RESUME" dito
- "Hello Im Eliza" dito
- "Speicher" v. Wolfgang Ernst (hat jemand Social Media account von Wolfgang?)
- "SCHALTKREISE" K. Schreiner (Andänge d μE i #Erfurt)
- "Von Robotron ..." r.Meyer

sowie Outboxing ZX Spectrum [thx polyplay.xyz]

Dear #RetroComputing #PDP8 enthusiasts, do any of you have a neglected #PiDP8 that you no longer use? Was it a fun lockdown toy that you no longer interact with? Are you within postal distance of #London? If so, get in touch: I'm working on a project in PAL assembler and would love to have the front switches and lights, but not enough to order and assemble the thing.

I can replace the #SBC inside, if you already scavenged it for something else! I just wonder if anyone has one taking up space that they'd rather use for something else these days.

@kenshirriff Thx for the info, Master Ken! 🤗 It was a dream come true when I visited the CHM in May 2013. ❤️ I wish I can do it again some fine day in the future. It would be amazing to then be able to meet & greet & hang out a bit with you and the „gang“ around #CuriousMarc. Until then I‘ll play with my #PiDP8 and maybe oder & build a #PiDP11 or even #PiDP10 kit. 🙈🤓 Have a great Sunday! ☀️

@kenshirriff Thx for the info, Master Ken! 🤗 It was a dream come true when I visited the CHM in May 2013. ❤️ I wish I can do it again some fine day in the future. It would be amazing to then be able to meet & greet & hang out a bit with you and the „gang“ around #CuriousMarc. Until then I‘ll play with my #PiDP8 and maybe oder & build a #PiDP11 or even #PiDP10 kit. 🙈🤓 Have a great Sunday! ☀️

@kenshirriff Thx for the info, Master Ken! 🤗 It was a dream come true when I visited the CHM in May 2013. ❤️ I wish I can do it again some fine day in the future. It would be amazing to then be able to meet & greet & hang out a bit with you and the „gang“ around #CuriousMarc. Until then I‘ll play with my #PiDP8 and maybe oder & build a #PiDP11 or even #PiDP10 kit. 🙈🤓 Have a great Sunday! ☀️

@kenshirriff Thx for the info, Master Ken! 🤗 It was a dream come true when I visited the CHM in May 2013. ❤️ I wish I can do it again some fine day in the future. It would be amazing to then be able to meet & greet & hang out a bit with you and the „gang“ around #CuriousMarc. Until then I‘ll play with my #PiDP8 and maybe oder & build a #PiDP11 or even #PiDP10 kit. 🙈🤓 Have a great Sunday! ☀️

@kenshirriff Thx for the info, Master Ken! 🤗 It was a dream come true when I visited the CHM in May 2013. ❤️ I wish I can do it again some fine day in the future. It would be amazing to then be able to meet & greet & hang out a bit with you and the „gang“ around #CuriousMarc. Until then I‘ll play with my #PiDP8 and maybe oder & build a #PiDP11 or even #PiDP10 kit. 🙈🤓 Have a great Sunday! ☀️

@rzbrk After I finished my #PiDP8 kit a few weeks ago now I‘m tempted to order the #PiDP11 kit! 🙈🤓 Or even the #PiDP10 kit?! 😳 But they’re not cheap and shipping costs are crazy, too!

@rzbrk Mein Informatik LK Lehrer (damals, Mitte der 80er) war der Knaller und wir hatten sowohl eine PDP 8/e, als auch eine PDP 11/23 in der Schule! 🤩 Damals war ich allerdings eher auf dem Turbo Pascal Trip (BGI Treiber für EGA Grafik! 😂) und konnte mit diesen geschichtsträchtigen Maschinen von #DEC nicht viel anfangen. 🤷‍♂️ Würde er noch leben, hätte er *sicher* auch eine #PiDP8 und/oder #PiDP11 zuhause! #computerhistory #digital #pdp8 #pdp8e #pdp11

@rzbrk Yeah! 🤩 I‘d say „welcome to the club“ but I was late to the party and built my own #PiDP8 kit just a few weeks ago. Love programming it via the front switches in octal machine code! 🤓
The 3D printed stand (designed by Dan Novak) can be downloaded from my account at #MakerWorld here 👉 https://makerworld.com/en/models/561418#profileId-480815
#3dprinting #pdp8

@rzbrk No glue necessary, I just inserted the palm rest bar into the side pieces.
Uploaded the model here: https://makerworld.com/en/models/561418#profileId-480815
Do you own a PiDP-8, too? #3dprinting #electronic #pdp8 #pidp8 #bambulab

Best moments when two hobbies come together. Here I added a 3D printed, very solid stand to my self-assembled PiDP-8 replica of a #PDP8. The hand rest barely fit diagonally onto the print bed, phew! Together with four silicone bumpers the whole thing doesn’t move a bit on the desk. 👌 #3dprinting #computerhistory #decpdp8 #digitalpdp8 #bambulab #x1carbon #PiDP8

Best moments when two hobbies come together. Here I added a 3D printed, very solid stand to my self-assembled PiDP-8 replica of a #PDP8. The hand rest barely fit diagonally onto the print bed, phew! Together with four silicone bumpers the whole thing doesn’t move a bit on the desk. 👌 #3dprinting #computerhistory #decpdp8 #digitalpdp8 #bambulab #x1carbon #PiDP8

Best moments when two hobbies come together. Here I added a 3D printed, very solid stand to my self-assembled PiDP-8 replica of a #PDP8. The hand rest barely fit diagonally onto the print bed, phew! Together with four silicone bumpers the whole thing doesn’t move a bit on the desk. 👌 #3dprinting #computerhistory #decpdp8 #digitalpdp8 #bambulab #x1carbon #PiDP8

Best moments when two hobbies come together. Here I added a 3D printed, very solid stand to my self-assembled PiDP-8 replica of a #PDP8. The hand rest barely fit diagonally onto the print bed, phew! Together with four silicone bumpers the whole thing doesn’t move a bit on the desk. 👌 #3dprinting #computerhistory #decpdp8 #digitalpdp8 #bambulab #x1carbon #PiDP8

Best moments when two hobbies come together. Here I added a 3D printed, very solid stand to my self-assembled PiDP-8 replica of a #PDP8. The hand rest barely fit diagonally onto the print bed, phew! Together with four silicone bumpers the whole thing doesn’t move a bit on the desk. 👌 #3dprinting #computerhistory #decpdp8 #digitalpdp8 #bambulab #x1carbon #PiDP8

Finished & working! ✅ #PiDP8 #PDP8 #raspberrypi #ComputerHistory #electronics
Only thing left to do now: Design and 3d-print a stand for it to have a good viewing and operating angle when sitting at the desk. #3DPrinting Anyone any idea or already made a stand for a steep angle? 😳
(I wonder whether Global Thermonuclear War from #WarGames runs on the PDP-8, too. 😂) #WOPR

Almost finished the #PiDP8 kit today! Loads of soldering! Just one bad LED had to be fixed by replacing it. It works pretty well and it’s awesome! The #RaspberryPiZero2W does all the emulation. Can’t wait to write programs via the front switches – and play SpaceWar! later on. But before that I have to finish the casing! #ComputerHistory #electronics #decpdp #decpdp8 #pdp8 #SpaceWar 👉 http://www2.rdrop.com/~paulmck/projects/spacewar/

Over a week ago I received my happily expected #PiDP8 kit – but haven’t found the time yet to solder and assemble it! 🙈 The #RaspberryPi Zero 2, however, already runs the emulator. 😊 That’s a LOAD of LEDs to solder accurately. 😅 #decpdp8 #pdp8 #electronics #computerhistory

Enriquecendo o episódio 146.

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/10/19/enriquecendo-o-episodio-146/

#MundoRetro #Altair8800 #Commodore #CommodorePET #CromencoZ1 #Digirule2 #digital #emulao #IMSAI8080 #JupiterAce #Kenbak1 #kit #Minicomputadores #PiDP11 #PiDP8 #RaspberryPi #sinclair #Terminal #VT100 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

Enriquecendo o episódio 146.

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/10/19/enriquecendo-o-episodio-146/

#MundoRetro #Altair8800 #Commodore #CommodorePET #CromencoZ1 #Digirule2 #digital #emulao #IMSAI8080 #JupiterAce #Kenbak1 #kit #Minicomputadores #PiDP11 #PiDP8 #RaspberryPi #sinclair #Terminal #VT100 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

Enriquecendo o episódio 146.

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/10/19/enriquecendo-o-episodio-146/

#MundoRetro #Altair8800 #Commodore #CommodorePET #CromencoZ1 #Digirule2 #digital #emulao #IMSAI8080 #JupiterAce #Kenbak1 #kit #Minicomputadores #PiDP11 #PiDP8 #RaspberryPi #sinclair #Terminal #VT100 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

One day down, maybe two more days to go on a #PDP8 numerical simulation run. So far, its accuracy is pretty close to modern IEEE double precision.

I'm so glad that the #PiDP8 runs roughly 23× faster than the real thing. I'd have had to budget nearly 10 weeks (at roughly 750 W) on real DEC hardware.

#fortran

@wuffel On the #RaspberryPi in the #PiDP8 #SimH with OS/8 is running.

FINALLY!!!! The #PiDP8 kit is finished and sittting in the shelf waiting to be played with. Really cool! 😅

#retrocomputing #retro

It seems that my #pidp8 have a trouble with 3 leds when i launch the pidp8i-test program ... However they're good (tested).

#pidp8 ongoing panel test on #gentoo #GenBerry 😀

Time to play #pidp8 :-)