7 Jul
2001
7 Jul
'01
10:45 a.m.
Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com> wrote:
As I understand it the Computer Museum History Center
brought up SpaceWar
on a PDP-1 to demonstrate it before some patent attorneys who used it as
'prior art' to invalidate some video game patents.
IIRC, TCM's PDP-1 failed to power up at some time while still at TCM
in Boston. (Early-mid 1990s?) It is now at Moffett Field, and there
is (or was recently) interest in restoring it to functionality.
-Frank McConnell
8 Jul
8 Jul
10:03 a.m.
Frank McConnell wrote:
Chuck McManis <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com> wrote:
There is actually more than 1 PDP-1 at Moffett. They had one in the
visible display area during DECWORLD 2001, but another one sits all
wrapped up on a pallet in the warehouse storage area. I am sure they
will eventually get one running. They expect to build a new building
and occupy it in 2005. A working PDP-1 would make a nice exhibit for
the new location. They have enough old DEC systems in the warehouse to
keep them busy with restoration projects for a long time.
--
Doug Carman
pdp11(a)bellsouth.net
As I understand it the Computer Museum History
Center brought up SpaceWar
on a PDP-1 to demonstrate it before some patent attorneys who used it as
'prior art' to invalidate some video game patents.
IIRC, TCM's PDP-1 failed to power up at some time while still at TCM
in Boston. (Early-mid 1990s?) It is now at Moffett Field, and there
is (or was recently) interest in restoring it to functionality.
-Frank McConnell
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