Spacewar hardware?

Data General Nova computer, 1968, Spacewar demonstration program at the FJCC (Fall Joint Computer Conference). (I am still scrounging for a copy of the original version...) Bruce Ray Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc. On 12/23/2012 1:18 AM, Martin Goldberg wrote: > Thanks Tom, appreciate the repsonse but the PDS-1 wasn't out in the 1960s. > As mentioned, I'm trying to compile a listing of ports of Spacewar on > various hardware during the 1960s. :) > > So far during that time period (mid through late 60s), I haven't seen any > direct ports outside of DEC equipment. > > On a related note, is anyone here a grad from U of Utah during that period > or in contact with someone who was? I'm also trying to track down what > mainframes/minis they had and what if any of them had xy displays. Someone > claims to have played Spacewar there in '65, but so far it's panned out as > being highly unlikely, since up to that time it only existed on the PDP-1, > which Utah didn't have. The PDP-6 version wasn't created by Russel until > '66 at SAIL (their PDP-6 was installed in June '66). Likewise, Evans was > first recruited in '65 to start their CS program. > > The earliest documentation I've been able to find is that Utah purchased a > Univac 1108 in 1967 (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/**fulltext/u2/694650.pdf<http://www.dtic.mil… > ) > > And they were just starting to plan building a 1108/PDP-8 graphics system > in '67: > http://content.lib.utah.edu/**utils/getfile/collection/** > uspace/id/2332/filename/2031.**pdf<http://content.lib.utah.edu/utils/get… > > Likewise they had a PDP-10 in the very late 60s (used as one of the first > Arpanet nodes). > > > > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Tom Uban <uban at ubanproductions.com> > wrote: > > I do not know that it was technically a "port", but a version of spacewar >> runs on the Imlac PDS-1 vector graphics computer. I know of two which are >> still in running condition. Mine is a PDS-1D as seen here: >> http://members.iglou.com/**thunderbird/vcf/vcf-Pages/**Image10.html<http… >> >> On 12/22/12 3:07 AM, Martin Goldberg wrote: >> >>> Hoping some of the people here can help, I'm trying to compile a listing >>> >> of >> >>> hardware that versions of the Spacewar code were ported to after the >>> >> PDP-1 >> >>> during the 1960s. There was the PDP-6 version which was done at Stanford >>> SAIL, and there were the PDP-7 and 8 versions which appeared in the >>> DECUS >>> catalog in the early 70s (which means they could have technically been >>> done in the very late 60s), and the early 70s PDP-10 version (which was >>> just a port of the PDP-6 version). >>> >>> Is anyone aware of any non DEC hardware it was ported to in the 60s? I >>> haven't been able to find any concrete evidence that it was on anything >>> other than DEC hardware in the 60s. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Marty >>> >>> >> >> > >