Computer History Museum - Restoring the DEC PDP-1 Computer Exhibit

Computer History Museum - Restoring the DEC PDP-1 Computer Exhibit

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Dick Best and Wally Wheaton working on the Memory Test Computer at MIT

Dick Best and Wally Wheaton...

DEC's first Board of Directors

DEC's first Board of Directors

[Gordon Bell, third from left, and Alan Kotok, fourth from left, with others next to the DEC PDP-6]

[Gordon Bell, third from left,...

Portrait of Kenneth H. Olsen

Portrait of Kenneth H. Olsen

Maynard Mill

Components for the TX-0 computer

Components for the TX-0 computer

MIT TX-0 computer

MIT TX-0 computer

MIT TX-0 computer

MIT TX-0 computer

IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer

IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer

TX-0 computer

DEC Laboratory Module - Inverter (Type 103) and System Building Block

DEC Laboratory Module - Inverter...

LGP-30 system

Ken Olsen announcing the PDP-1 computer at the 1959 Eastern Joint Computer Conference.

Ken Olsen announcing the PDP-1...

Early PDP-1 model

Early PDP-1 model

DEC PDP-1 system

DEC PDP-1 system

DEC PDP-1 system

DEC PDP-1 system

DEC Laboratory Module

DEC Laboratory Module

Portrait of Harlan Anderson

Portrait of Harlan Anderson

Portrait of Ken Olsen

Portrait of Ken Olsen

Portrait of Gordon Bell

Portrait of Gordon Bell

Ed Fredkin working on PDP-1

Ed Fredkin working on PDP-1

Professor Kenneth N. Stevens, Gordon Bell and the TX-0 computer at MIT

Professor Kenneth N. Stevens,...

Ben Gurley, designer of the PDP-1 computer, at picnic

Ben Gurley, designer of the...

PDP-1 computer system being checked out prior to customer approval

PDP-1 computer system being...

PDP-1 operator console

PDP-1 operator console

Interior of PDP-1 computer showing rows of DEC System Building Blocks

Interior of PDP-1 computer...

DEC PDP-1 X-Y point plotter display

DEC PDP-1 X-Y point plotter display

Ben Gurley, lead designer of the PDP-1

Ben Gurley, lead designer of the...

Two men at PDP-1 at MIT

Two men at PDP-1 at MIT

Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in front of PDP-1 computer

Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in...

PDP-1 final checkout at DEC Mill plant

PDP-1 final checkout at DEC Mill...

Man working on PDP-1

Man working on PDP-1

People working on PDP-1 before shipment

People working on PDP-1 before...

Three men working around PDP-1

Three men working around PDP-1

Early PDP-1 operator console

Early PDP-1 operator console

User interacting with an early Computer Aided Design (CAD) program running on a PDP-1 computer

User interacting with an early...

User interacting with an early Computer Aided Design (CAD) program running on a PDP-1 computer

User interacting with an early...

PDP-1 inside a small building at the Sixth World Sport Parachute Championships

PDP-1 inside a small building at...

People working in TX-0 computer room

People working in TX-0 computer...

Man at console of an ITT PDP-1 (ADX 7300)

Man at console of an ITT PDP-1...

PDP-1

Dan Edwards (left) and Peter Samson playing Spacewar! on the PDP-1 Type 30 display.

Dan Edwards (left) and Peter...

Screenshot of Spacewar! computer game

Screenshot of Spacewar! computer...

Bob Savelle checks out a PDP-1 CRT

Bob Savelle checks out a PDP-1 CRT

DEC engineers performing checkout of PDP-1 system

DEC engineers performing...

DECUS program library procedures for PDP-1

DECUS program library procedures...

DECUS symbol and PDP-1

DECUS symbol and PDP-1

Students interacting with the PDP-1 via its Soroban console typewriter

Students interacting with the...

Artist rendering of PDP-1 front panel with paper tape reader

Artist rendering of PDP-1 front...

PDP-1 computer system

PDP-1 computer system

Close-up of PDP-1 backplane

Close-up of PDP-1 backplane

Barbera Stephenson playing Spacewar! at DEC PDP-1 at the AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conference

Barbera Stephenson playing...

DEC PDP-4 and PDP-1 at exhibit booth at the AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conference

DEC PDP-4 and PDP-1 at exhibit...

Harlan Anderson, Alan Kotok and Ron Smart at Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney, Australia

Harlan Anderson, Alan Kotok and...

DEC PDP-1 module

DEC PDP-1 module

IBM 7090 Data Processing System

IBM 7090 Data Processing System

John McCarthy, artificial intelligence and timesharing pioneer, playing chess at Stanford's IBM 7090

John McCarthy, artificial...

TX-O First Transistor computer

TX-O First Transistor computer

Alan Kotok, Steve Russell, Martin "Shag" Graetz play Spacewar! at the Computer Museum, Boston

Alan Kotok, Steve Russell,...

Early MIT computing pioneers at The Computer Museum, Boston, observing restored TX-0 computer. From left to right: Jack Dennis, Alan Kotok, Martin "Shag" Graetz, Dave Gross and John McKenzie

Early MIT computing pioneers at...

New 30uf capacitor replacement by the DEC PDP-1 restoration team

New 30uf capacitor replacement...

DEC PDP-1 power supply filter capacitors being restored by the PDP-1 restoration team

DEC PDP-1 power supply filter...

Power supply testing by the DEC PDP-1 restoration team

Power supply testing by the DEC...

Magnified view of DEC PDP-1 backplane taken during restoration project

Magnified view of DEC PDP-1...

Type 30 display checklist from the DEC PDP-1 restoration project (2003-2006)

Type 30 display checklist from...

Joe Fredrick and Lyle Bickely inspecting PDP-1 backplane as part of the PDP-1 restoration project

Joe Fredrick and Lyle Bickely...

PDP-1 power checklist written by the PDP-1 restoration team

PDP-1 power checklist written by...

Computer History Museum PDP-1 restoration team members (left to right): Joe Fredrick, Bob Lash, Lyle Bickley, Rafael Skodlar, and R. Tim Coslet

Computer History Museum PDP-1...

Gordon Bell in front of the restored DEC PDP-1

Gordon Bell in front of the...

DEC PDP-1 BRPE paper teletype tape punch machine being restored by the PDP-1 restoration team

DEC PDP-1 BRPE paper teletype...

Joe Fredrick, Rafael Skodlar, Tim Coslet, and Lyle Bickley debugging a stuck bit on PDP-1

Joe Fredrick, Rafael Skodlar,...

Front panel lamp and holder for the DEC PDP-1

Front panel lamp and holder for...

PDP-1 restoration team members, Lyle Bickley and Bob Lash examining paper tapes as part of the PDP-1 restoration project

PDP-1 restoration team members,...

NJE printed circuit board from PDP-1, removed from PDP-1 during restoration project

NJE printed circuit board from...

Aligning the Soroban permutation bar during the Computer History Museum PDP-1 restoration project

Aligning the Soroban permutation...

PDP-1 restoration team member, Peter Samson listening to music programmed for the DEC PDP-1 during the PDP-1 restoration project

PDP-1 restoration team member,...

Eric Smith of the PDP-1 restoration team with DEC type 30 display test pattern

Eric Smith of the PDP-1...

PDP-1 restoration team member, Ken Sumrall showing Soroban output from alphanumeric typewriter connected to PDP-1

PDP-1 restoration team member,...

X-ray image of high-voltage power supply for light pen from DEC PDP-1

X-ray image of high-voltage...

Photomultiplier tube from light pen used on the PDP-1, removed during PDP-1 restoration project

Photomultiplier tube from light...

PDP-1 restoration team member, Peter Samson with DDT output from Soroban typewriter connected to PDP-1

PDP-1 restoration team member,...

From left to right: Alan Kotok, Peter Samson and Stephen "Slug" Russell in front the Computer History Museum's restored PDP-1 computer system.

From left to right: Alan Kotok,...

Test characters on Type 30 display as part of the DEC PDP-1 restoration project

Test characters on Type 30...

Stable test pattern on Type 30 display created as part of the DEC PDP-1 restoration project

Stable test pattern on Type 30...

Character test pattern on Type 30 display as part of the DEC PDP-1 restoration project

Character test pattern on Type...

PDP-1 memory power supply schematic drawn by PDP-1 restoration team member, Joe Fredrick

PDP-1 memory power supply...

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