http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/13/engineering-education-today-in-history-pdp-11-minicomputer-introduced/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/13/engineering-education-today-in-history-pdp-11-minicomputer-introduced/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Engineering Education "Today in History" Harvard Mark I largest electromechanical calculator ever built Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:17:41 +0000 http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/index.php/2008/03/13/engineering-education-today-in-history-pdp-11-minicomputer-introduced/#comment-1279 [...] Thank goodness for HP’s vision in launching the first hand-held calculator, the HP-35 on February 1, 1972. See my February 1 blog on this event for more details. And check out Gordon Bell’s blog on the introduction of the PDP-11 minicomputer on March 13, 1970. [...] [...] Thank goodness for HP’s vision in launching the first hand-held calculator, the HP-35 on February 1, 1972. See my February 1 blog on this event for more details. And check out Gordon Bell’s blog on the introduction of the PDP-11 minicomputer on March 13, 1970. [...]

]]> http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/13/engineering-education-today-in-history-pdp-11-minicomputer-introduced/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Adrian Agogino Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:24:02 +0000 http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/index.php/2008/03/13/engineering-education-today-in-history-pdp-11-minicomputer-introduced/#comment-380 In some ways the Unibus sounds better than some of the stuff we have today. Until recently PCs had numerous incompatible legacy communication ports, and still devices like USB have no direct memory access. I think it's a sign that a system designed by a few smart people can work better than the design by committee systems today. In some ways the Unibus sounds better than some of the stuff we have today. Until recently PCs had numerous incompatible legacy communication ports, and still devices like USB have no direct memory access. I think it’s a sign that a system designed by a few smart people can work better than the design by committee systems today.

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