Andrew (Television Executive)Sep 20, 2018

Hey retroheads, I'm looking at getting a replica of one or more computers from the 1970s.

I'm specifically looking at replicas of the PDP-8, the PDP-11, and the Altair 8800.

Which of the above (if any) would you kit build? Which others should I consider?

Show threadDarkhorse

@ajroach42

replica, I think I'd go with the one unix was written on (but off the top of my head I can't remenber if that was the 8 or the 11)

Sep 22, 2018 at 7:32amWeb
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Sep 22, 2018

@Darkhorse the pdp-11 was the smallest machine that could run Unix when it was released.

I *think* it was originally written to target pdp-10s though.

I know basically nothing about early minicomputers and mainframes from this era, though. Still doing my research.