According to wiki entry for Edson Hendricks, it was ported to the IBM 2250.

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 On 12/22/12 3:07 AM, Martin Goldberg wrote: of PDP-1

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 >>> >>> >> >> > >

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) 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/filenam… 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:

Are you sure? My understanding (from all the documentation I've seen) is that the PDS-1 was released in 1970? On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Tom Uban <uban at ubanproductions.com> wrote:

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.

from Alan Kay about what the graduate program at the University of Utah

On 12/24/12 6:40 AM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. wrote: The device which was sold as the Evans and Sutherland LDS-1 was the best known calligraphic display developed at the U of U. It was attached to a PDP-10.

How so? I don't see a date in Al's response, and the PDP-10 was introduced in 1967, so _prima facie_ you're in the right time frame.

Jay wrote Nolan Bushnell, of Atari fame, built what he felt could be an arcade version of Spacewar in 1970. He built it in his daughter's bedroom. Bushnell licensed the design to a company (I can't remember the name) that ended up building about 1500 or so of them, calling them "Computer Space". They are extremely sought-after collector's items today. I have no idea what hardware was in the machines.

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 09:16:55PM -0800, Rick Bensene wrote: Has anyone already mentioned Space Wars? This was an arcade version that I don't think is directly descended from the real thing, but anyway it's a similar game. It was rare but there was one at 1001 Plays (pinball/video arcade in Cambridge MA), which probably isn't a coincidence (Wikipedia says it was developed by an MIT grad). It had various options for whether the sun was visible or how its gravity worked or whether the universe wrapped around at the edges of the screen or went on forever, which you'd set on a small keypad (maybe six keys?) with keyboard-like full-stroke keys. It's weird what you remember... Anyway it was a lot of fun. John Wilson D Bit

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 09:16:55PM -0800, Rick Bensene wrote: Has anyone already mentioned Space Wars? This was an arcade version that I don't think is directly descended from the real thing, but anyway it's a similar game. It was rare but there was one at 1001 Plays (pinball/video arcade in Cambridge MA), which probably isn't a coincidence (Wikipedia says it was developed by an MIT grad). It had various options for whether the sun was visible or how its gravity worked or whether the universe wrapped around at the edges of the screen or went on forever, which you'd set on a small keypad (maybe six keys?) with keyboard-like full-stroke keys. It's weird what you remember... Anyway it was a lot of fun.

Jay wrote Nolan Bushnell, of Atari fame, built what he felt could be an arcade version of Spacewar in 1970. He built it in his daughter's bedroom. Bushnell licensed the design to a company (I can't remember the name) that ended up building about 1500 or so of them, calling them "Computer Space". They are extremely sought-after collector's items today. I have no idea what hardware was in the machines. Rick Bensene

There also seems to be a version for the PDP-12, though I have not tried running it. JRJ On 12/22/2012 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 > >

BTW: My PDP-12 was donated to and is archived at the Computer History Museum...