Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was at one point the 2nd largest computer company in the world. Defining the mini computer, with its PDP range. It would eventually go one the create the VAX line of computers and its VMS operating system, and well as the Alpha processor.
Its time to look at the history of DEC, and its PDP line of machines, and build the PDP-11 replica kit the PiDP-11
Thanks to Poke, for letting me use their music, if you want to hear more soundcloud.com/user-455711299
You can get your own PiDP-11 from obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11-get-one
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - The PDP-1
12:05 - Soldering Montage
15:19 - The mistake
15:33 - The desoldering resoldering montage
16:40 - The kits complete
17:43 - Fun with switches, using the PDP-11
23:00 - Ken Olsen (Decent human being)
27:16 - Eastern block PDP clones
27:50 - Summary
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was at one point the 2nd largest computer company in the world. Defining the mini computer, with its PDP range. It would eventually go one the create the VAX line of computers and its VMS operating system, and well as the Alpha processor.
Its time to look at the history of DEC, and its PDP line of machines, and build the PDP-11 replica kit the PiDP-11
Thanks to Poke, for letting me use their music, if you want to hear more soundcloud.com/user-455711299
You can get your own PiDP-11 from obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11-get-one
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - The PDP-1
12:05 - Soldering Montage
15:19 - The mistake
15:33 - The desoldering resoldering montage
16:40 - The kits complete
17:43 - Fun with switches, using the PDP-11
23:00 - Ken Olsen (Decent human being)
27:16 - Eastern block PDP clones
27:50 - Summary
