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A project log for PiDP-8/I

Remaking the PDP-8/I using the Pi, simh & a replica front panel

oscarvOscarv 03/22/2015 at 19:190 Comments

Done! Case, PCB and acrylic panel are put together for the first time to make my replica PDP-8/I...

It turned out exactly as I had hoped, so very happy. Well, almost exactly. It's the first of the four prototypes I ordered parts for, and I made a few mistakes handling the router. But who cares. Below is a picture of the PiDP-8 with its all-in-one peripheral: a USB hub of which one slot is the PTR (shown with two faux paper tapes, the BIN Loader and Focal69), two slots are disk drives, and the fourth is a removable disk cartridge.

So now for wrapping up some small details, and after the Vintage Computer Festival East X in mid-April, where my faux PDP will get its baptism amid some Real Stuff, I'm planning to make a kit out of it. This has been so much fun...

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