Welcome to the PDP-1 Web Pages

Project Kickoff was 18 October 2003
Project Completion was 1 November 2005




The PDP-1 is now completely restored. For an article I wrote, and other related PDP-1 information at the Computer History Museum website, see this link.

ALSO, brand-new Computer History Museum PDP-1 on-line exhibit is here!

Ken Sumrall show the Digibarn crowd the PDP-1 and out popped this excellent webpage documenting their actvities!. Includes some movies of snowflake and some music samples.

Flash! On 18 May 2004 we got the PDP-1 to run a simple program! See the short movie here.

Al Kossow has scanned in many pdp-1 documents, which are here.

**NEW** PDP-1 Restore Proposal, Version 1.2, dated 4 November 20023 is available here in PDF. This is the Final Version of this document.

The PDP-1 Restoration Plan Rev 1, dated 4 November 2003, is available here in PDF form.. This document will be updated from time to time.

Eric Smith has take some pictures, which are available here.

Also be sure to see the PDP-1 Wiki which is filled with much useful project information, and is updatable by project members.

Joe Fredrick has scanned in a sketcheof PDP-1 Spacewar Control Boxes and other related historial items.

A movie in Windows Media format of the screen of the Type 30 display while playing Spacewar is here.

Some external links about the PDP-1 and Spacewar are here.


Pictures

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Picture of Type 30 housing rotating parts before cleaning is here

Picture detail on TEC 1762 bulbs used in the PDP-1 is here

Some pictures from the 2004-Mar-03 meeting are here

More pictures from March 2004 are here

Pictures from April 2004 are here

Pictures from May 2004 are here