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Sep 9, 2026 32 min

Hacking on the PDP1 Raspberry Pi Emulator - Computerphile

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The PDP1 was a groundbreaking computer from the 1950's - but where does it fit into computing history and how would you use it? Thanks to Angelo Papenhoff from "Obsolescence Guaranteed" for demonstrating the PiDP1 emulator!Obsolescence Guaranteed: https://obsolescence.dev/ Minskytron online: https://www.masswerk.at/minskytron/Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphileCode for the circle: 00001 / circle 00002 100/000100 200113 00003 go, lac x000101 761000 00004 lup, cma000102 675017 00005 sar 4s000103 400114 00006 add y000104 240114 00007 dac y000105 220114 00008 lio y000106 675017 00009 sar 4s000107 400113 00010 add x000110 240113 00011 dac x000111 730007 00012 dpy000112 600101 00013 jmp lup 00014 000113 200000 00015 x, 200000000114 000000 00016 y, 0 00017 00018 start goThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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