Basic Computer
Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?
PDP-1, 1959
1MB System/36, 1960
PDP-11 1961
VAX 11/780, 1962
None of the above
PDP-1, 1959
The PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) is the first computer in Digital Equipment Corporation’s PDP series and was first produced in 1959. It is famous for being the computer most important in the creation of hacker culture at MIT, BBN and elsewhere. The PDP-1 is the original hardware for playing history’s first game on a minicomputer, Steve Russell’s Spacewar.
PDP-1, 1959 The PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) is the first computer in Digital Equipment Corporation’s PDP series and was first produced in 1959. It is famous for being the computer most important in the creation of hacker culture at MIT, BBN and elsewhere. The PDP-1 is the original hardware for playing history’s first game on a minicomputer, Steve Russell’s Spacewar.
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