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Bringing Back the PDP8

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the arise-from-your-grave dept.

Anne Thwacks writes " Andrew Grillet has decided that the Digial PDP8 - the first ever minicomputer, will rise from the dead. He is calling it the PDQ8. Sure others have done software emulations, and even hardware clones, but he is not just building a hardware clone, but trying to revive the whole idea of 12 bit computers!"

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  1. Woo! by foxtrot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!

    On second thought, naah, don't bother...

  2. Ouch! by stephenisu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Down in under 5 posts, that is almost a new slashdotting record..

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  3. site down by alta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess he's using a DPD for his server.

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  4. Since China and Hong Kong unified in 1997.. by Inoshiro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes.

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  5. Re:Interesting by CoolVibe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Nope. Usually "Whoops!" is the last thing you hear. Or the often last head: "Shit!", "Uh oh!" or "Look out!"

  6. Re:Calling all Electrical/Computer Engineers by shren · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You mean FPGA, don't you?

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