PiDP-10: First demo. Light entertainment on a 1960s mainframe

The first demo movie of our new PiDP-10. This is a faithful replica of the 1968 DEC PDP-10 mainframe, and in this video we take a light-hearted look at playing with a 1960s mainframe.
See obsolesence.dev for more information.

[@thenoblerot]

I'm a happy owner of the pidp8 and pidp11. Thank you Oscar for the amazing work. Looking forward to getting the new kit!

[@tradde11]

I too am a very happy owner of the 8 and 11. Still on the fence about the 10. I love the looks. But I was much more involved with 8's and 11's back in the day. Operated the KA-10 at Penn State and it was a beautiful machine.

[@philipval3500]

@@tradde11 Same here. I'm on the list for a PiDP-10 kit.

[@tradde11]

@@philipval3500 I declined getting one of the first batch. But I did get one from the 2nd and it's on the way. I know how beautiful the KA-10 panel was on a real machine as I used one at Penn State. What an incredible machine. It's going to take some time to build as I don't wish to rush. And it's going to take some serious shelf space too. I know you will be happy when you get yours.

[@Mark_Lawler]

Oscar, you are exceeding expectations again! Love your PiDP-8 and PiDP-11 and eagerly waiting for this new PiDP-10.

[@waltwimer2551]

*WE* admire your dedication, amazing attention to detail, and your hard work creating these amazing replicas! THANK YOU!!!

[@abaduck]

Happy to have one on the way! Well done team!

[@amp1ron]

That looks great, Oscar! I'll come back and watch it again after I get and build a PiDP-10 kit. It's very helpful to be able to watch over the shoulder of someone when they start up a system and work with it.

[@rbmk1986]

awesome work Oscar!! 🤩

[@retroCombs]

This is a great demo. Thanks so much for sharing this. Exciting stuff.

[@salan3]

I too have the PIDP8 and PIDP11. When things have 'settled' (out of beta) I will order one of these. I love using them.

[@landspide]

Wow, can't wait!!!

[@williamsteele]

Oh... I can't wait!!! Great job, as usual, Oscar!

[@moshixmainframechannel]

Cool!! Congrats !🎉

[@LJ45Chimera]

Looking forward to adding one of these to my pidp8 and pidp11. Great demo video.

[@jbparkerma]

Really fun demo. Thanks!

[@PepeMontfort]

[@mnoxman]

FWIW: It might be nice to have a URL to the web site to read more in the description.

[@billb6283]

Nice!

[@HutchCA]

I absolutely HATE these synthetic voices, but I appreciate the PiDP-10. Looking forward to getting one. Watching the rest of the video on Mute.

[@obsolescenceguaranteed5860]

Yes, I know... I will do this demo again at some point. It can all look much better. For instance, view the terminals full-screen, and on a dual screen. And a human voice-over is more work, but much more palatable. To be redone in a few weeks!

[@kimhawtin]

@@obsolescenceguaranteed5860 Editing and post mixing voice overs is more work however documenting everything is more important that worrying about the voices at the moment.

[@derekchristenson5711]

I agree. A very cool device, introduced by a very creepy robot voice. Looking forward to a human-narrated follow-up! 🙂

[@winstonsmith478]

Your obsolesence link doesn't work.

[@capability-snob]

I think this is the one. The pdp11 is fun, but the pdp10 is a Serious Computer. For _Serious Fun_.

[@recube_games]

TAKE MY F$$KING MONEY!!!!!!!!!

[@johnjakson444]

Sure sounds like text to speech yet again.

[@Brian_Of_Melbourne]

Great work on the machines, but please, please find a human being to read the script. The synthetic narration lets the whole thing down.