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The first machine of any type that I myself booted in real life was a PDP-8 in 1976. Front panel switches to get it up, paper tape punched from an ASR-33 to lo
by W-Stool 6y ago
The first machine of any type that I myself booted in real life was a PDP-8 in 1976. Front panel switches to get it up, paper tape punched from an ASR-33 to load a program and get it rolling. Maybe a 5MB drive on the thing. It is amazing to see what a influence the whole PDP family had on the technical/engineering computing world back in the days of mainframes being the only "real" information technology systems. Thanks DEC.
- jes 6y agoThat was my first hands-on computer as well. No disk drive, though the teletype had a tape punch and a tape reader. I was fortunate to have such an experience. I have had a satisfying career writing software for embedded systems and medical devices.
- tyingq 6y agoThere's a nice scale replica available: https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-8 https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-8