On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 3:23 PM Phil Budne <[email protected]> wrote:
Alas, I've never seen a running PDP-1. I worked in the building next > to the Bell's Computer Museum when it was in Marlborough, and it's > possible they may have demo'ed spacewar now and then. They had TX-0, > which had been restored to running condition, but I didn't understand > its significance until much later..... > When the Computer Museum was in MR2, they definitely fired up Spacewar! for receptions and open houses. I think later on they hooked up an external controller to save wear and tear on the front panel switches, but originally you played standing shoulder to shoulder at the front panel switch register, peering to your right at the display off to the side. Tom
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