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A series of large, mainframe-like systems built by [[DEC]].  They still have a large following today.  PDP-10s were very important machines on the early internet, being one of the few (relatively!) cheaply available machines which could run a full NCP and later TCP/IP stack as a multiuser environment at the time.


There are several emulators available, notably [[SIMH]] and [[KLH10]].
A series of large, 36-bit [[mainframe]]-like systems built by [[DEC]]; they were basically a re-implementation of the earlier [[PDP-6]] architecture, whose engineering had been a failure. (The machines were so similar at the programming level that PDP-6 code could run on a PDP-10.)
 
DEC sold 4 different generations of PDP-10 processors: the [[KA10]], the [[KI10]], the [[KL10]], and the [[KS10]]. The first three were marketed as the [[DECsystem-10]], running the [[TOPS-10]] operating system; the third was also sold as the [[DECSYSTEM-20]], running [[TOPS-20]]. (The varying capitalization was the result of a trademark infringment suit.)
 
PDP-10s were very important machines on the early Internet, being one of the few (relatively!) cheaply available machines which could run a full NCP and later TCP/IP stack as a multi-user environment at the time.
 
They still have a large following today. There are several emulators available, notably [[SIMH]] and [[KLH10]].


== Operating Systems ==
== Operating Systems ==
[[Image:PDP-10 1090.jpg|thumb|A PDP-10 1090]]
*[[TOPS-10]]
*[[TOPS-10]]
*[[TOPS-20]]
*[[TOPS-20]]
*[[ITS]]
*[[ITS]]
*[[TENEX]]


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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* Emulators ! - http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp10emu.html
* Emulators ! - http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp10emu.html
* GCC port ! - http://pdp10.nocrew.org/gcc/
* GCC port ! - http://pdp10.nocrew.org/gcc/
[[Image:PDP-10 1090.jpg|thumb|A PDP-10 1090]]


[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Computers]]

Revision as of 13:01, 27 March 2016

PDP-10 ad

A series of large, 36-bit mainframe-like systems built by DEC; they were basically a re-implementation of the earlier PDP-6 architecture, whose engineering had been a failure. (The machines were so similar at the programming level that PDP-6 code could run on a PDP-10.)

DEC sold 4 different generations of PDP-10 processors: the KA10, the KI10, the KL10, and the KS10. The first three were marketed as the DECsystem-10, running the TOPS-10 operating system; the third was also sold as the DECSYSTEM-20, running TOPS-20. (The varying capitalization was the result of a trademark infringment suit.)

PDP-10s were very important machines on the early Internet, being one of the few (relatively!) cheaply available machines which could run a full NCP and later TCP/IP stack as a multi-user environment at the time.

They still have a large following today. There are several emulators available, notably SIMH and KLH10.

Operating Systems

A PDP-10 1090

See Also