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The PDP-1 and the Original Spacewar!

CuriousMarc · Demo · YouTube title: Lyle Bickley explains the PDP-1 (and we play the original Spacewar!)
Why it's here

Linked in Spacewar and vintage computing threads as a charming demo on real hardware.

What it covers

Lyle Bickley of the PDP-1 restoration team tours the 1959 DEC machine at the Computer History Museum and plays the original Spacewar! He covers its graphics display and the MIT student programs written for it.