PiDP-10: RECREATING THE PDP-10 AT THE MIT AI LAB

Thank you for considering to adopt a PiDP-10!

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And please join the PiDP-10 forum if you're interested. The whole purpose of this project is to keep the PDP-10 alive, so we hope you will. The manual (link) is still a work in progress, but at some 50 pages it will tell you much more.

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The first 200 kits have gone out in early 2024. If you are interested in the next batch, just send me an email. Consider it a non-binding 'expression of interest'. I will then contact you when the next batch is ready to go out.

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To explain the ordering process after that: if indeed you still want one at that point, I will email you either a paypal invoice or a secure credit card link. Shipping is fast, out of inventory from a fulfillment center in Florida.

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Cost:

• Kit: $370 plus shipping

• Assembled & tested: adds $125 to the cost

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If you think $370 is expensive: at least it is not because of profiteering. It is the cost of two injection molds, each over half a meter wide. But I felt the PiDP-10 had to look perfect, there was no other way.

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I used to make the PiDP kits from my home, but that got to be too much. So last year, I helped to set up CEDS, where the kits are now made. For order-related questions, use this email address: oscar <at> ceds.dev .

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Try before you buy: the software works fine on a Pi without the PiDP-10 hardware. Although you are Blinkenless and will have to boot the operating systems manually rather than through the front panel.

A user manual will be available soon for download (WIP).