The Story of PDP-1 (1998)

The archival documents below tell the story of the development of DIGITAL’s landmark first computer, the PDP-1. Using DIGITAL’s own initial product, laboratory modules, engineer Ben Gurley designed a high-speed, solid state digital Programmed Data Processor which could operate with many types of input-output devices and no internal machine changes. As the world’s first commercial interactive computer, the PDP-1 was used by its purchasers to pioneer timesharing systems, making it possible for smaller businesses and laboratories to have access to much more computing power than ever before.

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