Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago
A team of volunteers have been working to restore a PDP-11/70 for the past five years. This machine came from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK, and ran a system called "Scrapbook". This was used for storing information, word processing and electronic communication. It also featured hyperlinks, which later came to be used in the World Wide Web.
The machine is now up and running, and work is progressing to repair a second RM03 disk drive. Once that has been done, it is hoped to mount the original Scrapbook disks.
Sean Allison takes you on a tour of the PDP-11/70, powers up the machine and loads some diagnostic tools. The restoration team then discuss the technology used in the PDP-11/70, and challenges faced getting the machine running.
Chapters:
00:00 Machine Tour
02:29 Powering up and booting the operating system
07:30 Running test programs
09:09 Meet the restoration team - interviews
Recorded February 2022.
A team of volunteers have been working to restore a PDP-11/70 for the past five years. This machine came from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK, and ran a system called "Scrapbook". This was used for storing information, word processing and electronic communication. It also featured hyperlinks, which later came to be used in the World Wide Web.
The machine is now up and running, and work is progressing to repair a second RM03 disk drive. Once that has been done, it is hoped to mount the original Scrapbook disks.
Sean Allison takes you on a tour of the PDP-11/70, powers up the machine and loads some diagnostic tools. The restoration team then discuss the technology used in the PDP-11/70, and challenges faced getting the machine running.
Chapters:
00:00 Machine Tour
02:29 Powering up and booting the operating system
07:30 Running test programs
09:09 Meet the restoration team - interviews
Recorded February 2022.
