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Invitation to a presentation of a PDP computer to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department

Invitation to a presentation of a PDP computer to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department

Date: 1961-11-06

Pages: 1 p.

Accession: 102664166

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Description: The gift of a PDP-1 to the Electrical Engineering Department at MIT began a DEC policy of supporting academic programs and institutions which prepared students for work in computing. The PDP-1 was immediately put to many varied uses at MIT, such as timesharing under project MAC and the creation of one of the first video games, Spacewar!.