From magnetic tape and rare film to lab notebooks and business plans to early mainframes and source code, our collection is as diverse as the history of computing. It is a rich resource for everyone, comprising historical objects, documents, software titles, ephemera, and photographs and moving images.
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PDP-1 interior, bay 11 logic panels 11A to 11C
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1962
102749546
PDP-1 restoration team member, Ken Sumrall showing Soroban output from alphanumeric typewriter connected to PDP-1
Computer History Museum
Still Image, 2005-05
102664942
PDP-1 restoration team member, Peter Samson with DDT output from Soroban typewriter connected to PDP-1
Computer History Museum
Still Image, 2005-06
102664947
DEC PDP-1 X-Y point plotter display
Still Image, Circa 1961
102630818
PDP-1 computer system at the Lawrence Livermore Lab
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still Image, Circa 1964
102618910
DEC PDP-1 display monitor on a workbench
Still Image
102652242
Gordon Bell in front of the restored DEC PDP-1
Computer History Museum
Still Image, 2004-06
102663958
History - PDP-1 at the Sixth World Sport Parachute Championships
Digital Equipment by Utrecht, the Netherlands
Still Image, ca. 1962
102631222
History - students using a PDP-1 Soroban console typewriter
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still Image, ca. 1963
102631265
PDP-1 interior, paper tape punch side view
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1962
102749537
PDP-1 upper rear of bay 2 and bay 3
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1962
102749563
PDP-1 interior, bay 2 logic panels 2A to 2J
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1962
102749544
Early Programmed Data Processor (PDP-1) with graphics display
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1962
102749190
Early PDP-1 with center bay door open
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1959
102749063
Power supplies mounted in PDP-1 like system
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1963
102753432
Two men in PDP-1 section of factory.
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, ca. 1962
102749587
PDP-8/M, DEC cassette (1-bay unit)
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, 1972
102763082
Evans & Sutherland LDS-1 with PDP-10 and scope shots
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, 1969
102771136
Spool of DECtape, PDP-1 paper, and ethernet cable
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Still image, 1989-05-31
102768905
DEC PDP-1 BRPE paper teletype tape punch machine being restored by the PDP-1 restoration team
Computer History Museum
Still Image, 2004-07
102663940