Editing PDP-1 (section)

{{Short description|First computer made by Digital Equipment Corp}}
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{{Infobox computing device
| name = PDP-1
| title = 
| aka = 
| logo = PDP-1 wordmark horizontal.svg
| image = DEC PDP-1 Demo Lab at Mountain View's Computer History Museum.jpg
| caption = PDP-1 exhibit at the [[Computer History Museum]] in [[Mountain View, California]]
| developer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]
| manufacturer = 
| family = [[Programmed Data Processor]]
| type = [[Minicomputer]]
| generation = 
| releasedate = {{Start date and age|1959}}
| lifespan = 
| price = {{USD|120000|1959}}
| discontinued = {{End date|1969}}
| unitssold = 
| unitsshipped = 53
| media = [[Punched tape]]
| os = [[BBN Time-Sharing System]], [[Stanford Time Sharing System]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-06 |orig-date=1997-08-15 |title=Early Computers at Stanford |url=https://forum-old.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Early_Computers_at_Stanford#DEC_PDP-1 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=[[Stanford University]] |language=en}}</ref> most software, including ''Spacewar!'', uses no operating system
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| memory = {{nowrap|4K words}} {{nowrap|(9.2 KB)}} [[magnetic-core memory]]
| storage = 
| memory card = 
| display = Type 30 CRT
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| platform = DEC 18-bit
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| dimensions = 
| weight = {{cvt|1600|lb|kg|order=flip}}
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| predecessor = [[TX-0]] and [[TX-2]]
| successor = [[PDP-4]]
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| CPUspeed = 187 kHz
}}
The '''PDP-1''' ('''Programmed Data Processor-1''') is the first [[computer]] in [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]'s [[Programmed Data Processor|PDP]] series and was first produced in 1959. It is known for being the most important computer in the creation of [[hacker culture]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Bolt, Beranek and Newman]], and elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computer History Museum PDP-1 Restoration Project – Introduction |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/introduction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316020556/https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/introduction/ |archive-date=2022-03-16 |access-date=2011-04-06 |website=[[Computer History Museum]] |language=en}}</ref> The PDP-1 is the original hardware for one of the [[Early history of video games|first video games]], [[Steve Russell (computer scientist)|Steve Russell]]'s 1962 game ''[[Spacewar!]].''<ref name="CED">{{Cite web |title=1960: DEC PDP-1 Precursor to the Minicomputer |url=http://www.cedmagic.com/history/dec-pdp-1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103020252/http://www.cedmagic.com/history/dec-pdp-1.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |access-date=2008-12-04 |website=CED Magic |language=en}}</ref>