Lars Brinkhoff
@larsbrinkhoff.bsky.social
Messages from an alternative universe where the PDP-10 is alive and well.
This book has an important message!
October 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This book has an important message!
The LINC had sixels before they were cool.
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The LINC had sixels before they were cool.
Spacewar on the LINC was early and small.
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Spacewar on the LINC was early and small.
A new book about the PiDP-10, and what you can do with it. www.qsl.net/zl3dw/PiDP-1...
August 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A new book about the PiDP-10, and what you can do with it. www.qsl.net/zl3dw/PiDP-1...
The game runs on PDP-8 emulators now.
June 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The game runs on PDP-8 emulators now.
Original CompuServe computer room, 1969. DEC PDP-10 (KA), MA-10 memory cabinets (16K 36 bit words each), RD-10 drum (for swapping), RP02 disk drives, oodles of DECtapes for offline customer storage.
x.com/hkb73/status...
x.com/hkb73/status...
June 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Original CompuServe computer room, 1969. DEC PDP-10 (KA), MA-10 memory cabinets (16K 36 bit words each), RD-10 drum (for swapping), RP02 disk drives, oodles of DECtapes for offline customer storage.
x.com/hkb73/status...
x.com/hkb73/status...
New addition to the Emacs collection: UniPress Emacs V2.20 from 1989.
April 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New addition to the Emacs collection: UniPress Emacs V2.20 from 1989.
Happy birthday PDP-10! #OnThisDay 58 years ago, the PDP-10 was first powered on. Whopee, it goes!
March 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Happy birthday PDP-10! #OnThisDay 58 years ago, the PDP-10 was first powered on. Whopee, it goes!
I copied it to my PDP-10.
February 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I copied it to my PDP-10.
Observe this totally realistic depiction of how you logged into ARPANET in 1980.
February 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Observe this totally realistic depiction of how you logged into ARPANET in 1980.
This handbook keeps giving.
January 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This handbook keeps giving.
Good to see that timely documentation was as important then as it is now.
January 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good to see that timely documentation was as important then as it is now.
To negotiate the ARPANET Initial Connection Protocol, just follow this simple state diagram.
January 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
To negotiate the ARPANET Initial Connection Protocol, just follow this simple state diagram.
There were a bunch of CDC hosts on the ARPANET. Does anyone has an inkling whether some of this networking software has survived?
January 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
There were a bunch of CDC hosts on the ARPANET. Does anyone has an inkling whether some of this networking software has survived?
I suppose many of you recognize this note from 55 years ago.
December 19, 2024 at 7:12 AM
I suppose many of you recognize this note from 55 years ago.
It's a start. Er, restart.
December 19, 2024 at 7:02 AM
It's a start. Er, restart.
ITS only ever ran on one single KL10, and it was a DECsystem-1080. Photo: Don Hopkins.
December 11, 2024 at 5:54 AM
ITS only ever ran on one single KL10, and it was a DECsystem-1080. Photo: Don Hopkins.
This is the closest I can get.
December 7, 2024 at 1:18 PM
This is the closest I can get.
How about this/ese one/s? Asking for a fiend.
December 5, 2024 at 11:23 AM
How about this/ese one/s? Asking for a fiend.