While Unix was originally written in assembly language on a PDP-7 minicomputer with 8k of memory and a Graphic II display, it was later rewritten in C for the PDP-11 with a huge 12k of RAM.

Thompson crafted Unix on a Labs reject, a tiny DEC PDP 7 minicomputer with either 16 or 32 Kbytes of memory--Feldman isn't sure which. "Unix was written under great constraints," he says.

It ran on a Digital PDP-7 minicomputer as a platform for the program Space Travel. Space Travel originally ran on the Multics system, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unix is ...

The experience gained in the project was turned to other uses when Thompson and Ritchie designed a computer filing system on the only machine available a Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-7 minicomputer.

The wildly successful PDP-11 minicomputer was a major influence on the evolution of computing throughout the 1970s. While fondly remembered in modern day emulation, there’s nothing like booting ...

Now merged into HP, because Compaq acquired Digital in 1998, and HP acquired Compaq in 2002, Digital pioneered the minicomputer industry with its PDP series. Digital's PDP-1 sold for $120,000 ...

(Data General Corporation, Westboro, MA) One of the first minicomputer companies, founded in 1968 by Edson de Castro, Henry Burkhardt and Richard Sogge, all former employees of Digital Equipment ...

Since its introduction in 2021, Walther has expanded the lineup of its flagship striker-fired, 9 mm Luger “Performance Duty Pistol” (PDP) to include everything from steel-framed competition ...

Speaking at a press conference in Benin, the party’s state chairman, Tony Aziegbemi, confirmed that the PDP successfully filed the petition on Saturday, narrowly beating the deadline ...

The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Gombe State, Alhaji Khamisu Mailantarki, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alongside thousands of his ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the All Progressives Congress, APC, describing it as a party of “political vampires” that thrives on “sucking the blood” of citizens while ...

J&K assembly had 87 seats before delimitation as against 90 seats now. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) won 7 of the 40 ...