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Angelo Papenhoff/aap
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Oscar Vermeulen
20
9/28/25
What are you doing with your PiDP-1
Bill, On Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 1:22:05 PM UTC+2 wjegr...@gmail.com wrote: How are binaries
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What are you doing with your PiDP-1
Bill, On Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 1:22:05 PM UTC+2 wjegr...@gmail.com wrote: How are binaries
9/28/25
Bill E
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Kevin McGrath
4
12:29 PM
'lightpen' in action
On Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 5:46:13 PM UTC-5 ke...@mcgrath.name wrote: I can imagine an actual
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'lightpen' in action
On Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 5:46:13 PM UTC-5 ke...@mcgrath.name wrote: I can imagine an actual
12:29 PM
Bill E
Feb 4
Summary of changes and additions in the mods repo
I was prompted to provide a list, here it is.
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Summary of changes and additions in the mods repo
I was prompted to provide a list, here it is.
Feb 4
Ian Schofield
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Bill E
6
Feb 4
A type 30 display option
Just to show someone is actually using this, here it is running on my win11 box connected to one of
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A type 30 display option
Just to show someone is actually using this, here it is running on my win11 box connected to one of
Feb 4
Bill E
2
Feb 2
Apparent bug in pidp1 completion logic
Argh! Never mind, I'm not sure what I was looking at, but dcp is set and everything seems to be
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Apparent bug in pidp1 completion logic
Argh! Never mind, I'm not sure what I was looking at, but dcp is set and everything seems to be
Feb 2
sunnyboy010101
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Paul Birkel
2
Feb 2
PiDP-1 rack with HDMI - anyone using a screen blanking?
Good question. BenQ has this to say regarding LCD monitors: "In principle, BenQ monitors are
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PiDP-1 rack with HDMI - anyone using a screen blanking?
Good question. BenQ has this to say regarding LCD monitors: "In principle, BenQ monitors are
Feb 2
Bill E
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Matthias Barthel
7
Feb 1
Deduced light pen operation and an implementation path, comments please
After more digging and semi-deciphering the posted PDP-4 diagnostic code, here's what seems to be
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Deduced light pen operation and an implementation path, comments please
After more digging and semi-deciphering the posted PDP-4 diagnostic code, here's what seems to be
Feb 1
sunnyboy010101
9
Jan 30
PiDP-1 S/N: 089 nearing completion
My rack kit, S/N: 089 is now finally complete (controllers, HDMI monitor, audio and labels)! I
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PiDP-1 S/N: 089 nearing completion
My rack kit, S/N: 089 is now finally complete (controllers, HDMI monitor, audio and labels)! I
Jan 30
Bill E
Jan 30
Silly timing error
After spouting off about proper use of dpy, ioh I realized I wasn't walking my talk. I redid my
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Silly timing error
After spouting off about proper use of dpy, ioh I realized I wasn't walking my talk. I redid my
Jan 30
Bill E
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Unibus
3
Jan 29
There is a light pen!
Cool. I had seen that description, but it's vague on just how and when the AC and IO are valid.
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There is a light pen!
Cool. I had seen that description, but it's vague on just how and when the AC and IO are valid.
Jan 29
MICHAEL GARDI
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sunnyboy010101
5
Jan 29
Lunar Lander Feedback
Thank you Bill, and thank you -R for your perseverance in getting the game running on your system. I
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Lunar Lander Feedback
Thank you Bill, and thank you -R for your perseverance in getting the game running on your system. I
Jan 29
Kevin McGrath
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MICHAEL GARDI
34
Jan 29
Idiomatic PDP-1 Assembly
There is another PDP-1 feature, Flags, that can be used in your programs. The DEC PDP-1 computer has
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Idiomatic PDP-1 Assembly
There is another PDP-1 feature, Flags, that can be used in your programs. The DEC PDP-1 computer has
Jan 29
Michael Cheponis
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Bill E
2
Jan 29
'wasting' 35 uSec ...
It was quite remarkable for the time. I remember seeing a sentence in one of the hardware manuals
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'wasting' 35 uSec ...
It was quite remarkable for the time. I remember seeing a sentence in one of the hardware manuals
Jan 29
Bill E
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Norbert Landsteiner
3
Jan 28
Type 33 Symbol Generator pushed to repo
I do see an interesting/annoying moving intensity band. I've seen this in some other programs. I
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Type 33 Symbol Generator pushed to repo
I do see an interesting/annoying moving intensity band. I've seen this in some other programs. I
Jan 28
MICHAEL GARDI
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Norbert Landsteiner
14
Jan 28
Playable Version of Lunar Lander for the PDP-1 Uploaded
I posted updated code to the Files section of the project on Hackaday. Not much is new except that I
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Playable Version of Lunar Lander for the PDP-1 Uploaded
I posted updated code to the Files section of the project on Hackaday. Not much is new except that I
Jan 28
sunnyboy010101
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Jon Jackson
4
Jan 26
PiDP-1 Switch Test Results
Thank you for the corrected 9-pin image that you have working in your setup !! On Mon, Jan 26, 2026
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PiDP-1 Switch Test Results
Thank you for the corrected 9-pin image that you have working in your setup !! On Mon, Jan 26, 2026
Jan 26
Michael Cheponis
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Milo Velimirović
2
Jan 26
"pdp-1 website"
There's also Gunkies. Get an account there and build it out. https://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-1 —Milo
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"pdp-1 website"
There's also Gunkies. Get an account there and build it out. https://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-1 —Milo
Jan 26
Bill E
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Unibus
13
Jan 26
Type 33 symbol generator timing question
That's great. I actually still have my RL series books somewhere, might have to dig them out. I
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Type 33 symbol generator timing question
That's great. I actually still have my RL series books somewhere, might have to dig them out. I
Jan 26
Brian Jamieson
Jan 25
0007 has joined the gang.
#0007 has joined the gang in South Harbour, Falkland Islands. He took a few days to build, including
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0007 has joined the gang.
#0007 has joined the gang in South Harbour, Falkland Islands. He took a few days to build, including
Jan 25
Gregory Carlson
Jan 25
Re: [PiDP-1] Re: Switch Test Results
While testing, I ran into one column of switches not wrking. Tried using a different raspberry pi
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Re: [PiDP-1] Re: Switch Test Results
While testing, I ran into one column of switches not wrking. Tried using a different raspberry pi
Jan 25
Alen Shapiro
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sunnyboy010101
16
Jan 24
#31 (Rack Configuration) is alive and well
I had a post up here since yesterday with a photo of the back of the DB-9 with my labels. I have
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#31 (Rack Configuration) is alive and well
I had a post up here since yesterday with a photo of the back of the DB-9 with my labels. I have
Jan 24
Bill E
Jan 24
Is there any way to get the paper tape reader without the type 30 display?
For those of us using a separate monitor for the type 30, it can't be started independently as
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Is there any way to get the paper tape reader without the type 30 display?
For those of us using a separate monitor for the type 30, it can't be started independently as
Jan 24
Norbert Landsteiner
, …
Bill E
15
Jan 24
PDP-1 Character Generators
Ok, I have characters showing up, but this isn't what you think it is: or this: Why do things in
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PDP-1 Character Generators
Ok, I have characters showing up, but this isn't what you think it is: or this: Why do things in
Jan 24
Ian Schofield
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Paul Birkel
7
Jan 24
PiDP1 schematic
On Friday, January 23, 2026 at 7:06:53 PM UTC-5 sunnybo...@gmail.com wrote: I should mention that
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PiDP1 schematic
On Friday, January 23, 2026 at 7:06:53 PM UTC-5 sunnybo...@gmail.com wrote: I should mention that
Jan 24
sunnyboy010101
,
Bill E
4
Jan 22
boot options
Thanks! I'll look into that. For anyone else, here's the config script (added here as both
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boot options
Thanks! I'll look into that. For anyone else, here's the config script (added here as both
Jan 22
Bill E
3
Jan 22
YT vid of Peter Sampson playing more music on the CHM PDP-1
Incidentally, if you watch carefully you will see a difference between how the actual -1 works and
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YT vid of Peter Sampson playing more music on the CHM PDP-1
Incidentally, if you watch carefully you will see a difference between how the actual -1 works and
Jan 22
sunnyboy010101
, …
Bill E
10
Jan 22
Music / Sound (rack version)
The audio on/off app I did only works with my modded version of pidp-1 with the enhanced audio
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Music / Sound (rack version)
The audio on/off app I did only works with my modded version of pidp-1 with the enhanced audio
Jan 22
Bill E
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sunnyboy010101
5
Jan 21
No music on the hardware rack version
Bill, do you have that app? On my system Ctrl-F1 does not work (other F keys work but not that combo)
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No music on the hardware rack version
Bill, do you have that app? On my system Ctrl-F1 does not work (other F keys work but not that combo)
Jan 21
sunnyboy010101
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Matthias Barthel
4
Jan 21
Paper Tape Panel question
I fixed mine today as part of overall completion of my HDMI screen project. I just touched the back
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Paper Tape Panel question
I fixed mine today as part of overall completion of my HDMI screen project. I just touched the back
Jan 21
Bill E
Jan 21
Improved panel_pidp1 to try
This has some minor tweaks, basically reducing iterations over the shared mem array and allowing
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Improved panel_pidp1 to try
This has some minor tweaks, basically reducing iterations over the shared mem array and allowing
Jan 21
Bill E
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Kevin McGrath
9
Jan 20
More dpy instruction issues
I guess I wasn't clear. Macro automatically converts dpy to dpy i, 730007. So, you will see in a
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More dpy instruction issues
I guess I wasn't clear. Macro automatically converts dpy to dpy i, 730007. So, you will see in a
Jan 20