The PDP–11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series. In total, around 600,000 PDP-11s of all models were sold, making it one of DEC's most successful product lines.

2022年3月14日 · The PDP-11 helped birth the UNIX operating system and the C programming language. It would also greatly influence the next generation of computer architectures.

The PDP-11 architecture[1] is a 16-bit CISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It is implemented by central processing units (CPUs) and microprocessors used in PDP-11 minicomputers.

2023年7月31日 · What is a PDP-11 computer? The PDP-11 computer is one out of a series of 16-bit minicomputers manufactured and offered to the public by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) between 1970 and the early 1990s. It is considered one of the most successful computers ever. How do you use a PDP-11 computer? The PDP-11 computer had a wide range of ...

The PDP-11 is a series of minicomputers introduced in 1969 [1] by the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in production by them from 1970-1990.

If you have a PDP-11 system, parts of a system, boards, documentation, promotional materials, or anything related to the PDP-11 family of computers, DONT THROW IT OUT!

Before the microcomputer revolution, the Digital Equipment Corporation’s (DEC) PDP 11 was among the most popular minicomputers used in industries. PDP software, or Programmed Data, was introduced in the 1970s and used until the early 1990s. According to sources, DEC sold around 600,000 PDP 11 models.

2019年8月24日 · The PDP-11/hack is a PDP-11 as a set of daughter cards on a lightly modified Q-bus backplane. The DCJ11 and its memory sit on one, an emulated disc controller on another, and finally a...

2024年3月27日 · Launched in 1970, the PDP-11 pioneered multiple engineering breakthroughs powering over 600,000 highly flexible systems. During its storied 23 year production run, use cases stretched across manufacturing, research, defense and beyond. And remarkably, a few stalwart units still operate today – over 50 years from their debut!

2018年4月26日 · For his Hackaday Prize entry, [SHAOS] is taking one of these chips and turning it into a modern machine. The PDPii is a project to bring the PDP-11 back to life in the form of an Open Source...