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Petey P. Twelve<p>My student, Zach, got the famous Whetstone floating-point benchmark running in FORTRAN IV on our PDP-12 (results had never been recorded for a '12 without an FPP). He also implemented the Dhrystone integer benchmark in PDP-8 assembly, which (as far as we know) has never been done before. You can read more about it here, and if you have a PDP-8 compatible machine (with or without EAE), you should be able to run his code to benchmark your system! Way to go, Zach! <a href="https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/pdp-8-and-pdp-12-and-dhrystone-and-whetstone.1253367/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.vcfed.org/index.php?thre</span><span class="invisible">ads/pdp-8-and-pdp-12-and-dhrystone-and-whetstone.1253367/</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp8</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>My student, Zach, has been working to debug why our bottom tape unit has been misbehaving. We are fairly certain that the issue is a short in the interface cable between the top and bottom units, because the problem appears on whatever unit is on the end of the daisy chain. Stay tuned. But in the process of monkeying with it, there was a period of time where they both worked just fine! <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>Hi all, we did our annual PDP-12 demo in Dr. Ted Pedersen's architecture class on Tuesday, and it went really well.</p><p>In cleaning up / reorganizing after showing off our artifacts, I realized that we have something that I haven't seen on @bitsavers, but I maybe just didn't know where to look. It's a big poster of PDP-12 instructions -- it's kind of like the pocket reference in poster format. It is about 9.5x30 inches (24x76 cm). I scanned it in two pieces on the office machine and stitched it together with GIMP. I'll try to make a PDF version with OCR text. @bitsavers <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>Today was PDP-12 demo day! <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>Our PDP-12 (#435) is able to read tapes (but not yet write them). This OS/8 tape is close to 50 years old and still reads well. Here we use the TYPE command to print a long listing stored on multiple tape blocks. LINC and DECtape was able to be used as random access storage (like a disk). The block numbers were written forwards and backwards on the tape so that they could be read regardless of the motor's direction!</p><p>In this video, we have a tape mounted on the top drive and have already booted. Zach requests to print the file to the (virtual) teletype, and the blocks of the file are read in sequence.</p><p> <a href="https://youtu.be/X_GP_L6hK6U" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/X_GP_L6hK6U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>Today, Zach and I got Vince Slyngstad's PDP MM8/I memory expansion installed in our PDP-12! No magic smoke got out, the computer booted, and appears (from console and diagnostic checks) to have 32kW of memory! The PDP-12 only had room for 8 kW inside, but could connect to an external box that would include up to 24kW of additional core. Vince's expansion plugs into the five flip chip slots that would normally lead to the external unit. All memory hardware is on those five cards, with a six card providing an electrical connection. More soon! <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a></p>
Dave Fischer<p>We got the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PDP12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDP12</span></a> working again! <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RCSRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCSRI</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>A video from the same session: <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>PDP-12 #435 playing Spacewar! for the first time in over two years thanks to some debugging by us and our much more experienced friends on the VCF forums. </p><p>First, we noticed that minicom was inserting CRs in front of LFs when sending paper tapes, and second, someone pointed out that it looked like our 2nd 4K core was not inserted correctly (two cables were backwards). </p><p>The machine booted up like a champ, and April and Zach got their first chance to play the original deathmatch game. 💚 </p><p><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>Well, our eagle-eyed and experienced friends on the VCF forums noticed something that seemed a little weird about our PDP-12... the W025 cards for Field 1 were not crossed, but were parallel like the ones for Field 0. (Seems logical, right?)</p><p>Looking at old photos showed that Field 1 used to be crossed, just like some other PDP-12s we know about. </p><p>Zach and I swapped the cards back today and...</p><p><a href="https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/pdp-12-435-at-the-university-of-minnesota-duluth.1241469/page-11#post-1388895" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.vcfed.org/index.php?thre</span><span class="invisible">ads/pdp-12-435-at-the-university-of-minnesota-duluth.1241469/page-11#post-1388895</span></a></p><p><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>We scoped the '12, got some useful information, and did not let any magic smoke out! <a href="https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/pdp-12-435-at-the-university-of-minnesota-duluth.1241469/post-1388752" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.vcfed.org/index.php?thre</span><span class="invisible">ads/pdp-12-435-at-the-university-of-minnesota-duluth.1241469/post-1388752</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Space Hobo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@davefischer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davefischer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://syzito.xyz/@selzero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>selzero</span></a></span> Oh yes, I am extremely into this particular document! <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/PDP12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDP12</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://teh.entar.net/@tastytronic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tastytronic</span></a></span></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>PDP-12 demo went great! <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>Giving a presentation on the PDP-12 tomorrow, so Kyle and I did a little comparison of the PDP-12 and the Google Pixel 8 Pro:</p><p> - Of course, the PDP-12 is 12-bit (0-4096) while the Pixel 8 Pro is 64-bit (0-1.84x10^19)<br> - PDP-12 instructions vary, but are commonly 1.6usec each. The Pixel 8 Pro has 9 cores of varying speeds, but we estimate that it is around 1,300-1,800 times faster<br> - The Pixel 8 Pro has a million times more RAM than the PDP-12 (8GB vs. 8KB)<br> - If crushed into a powder, approximately 7,000 Pixel 8 Pros could fit into the space occupied by the PDP-12 (a Pixel 8 Pro occupies approximately 1/7000th the volume of the PDP-12)<br> - A Pixel 8 Pro costs about $1,000, while our PDP-12 would have cost approximately $400,900 in 2024 dollars! (Conversely, a Pixel 8 Pro would have cost about $135 in 1972 dollars!) We could have bought almost 3,000 Pixel 8 Pros for the price of the PDP-12!<br> - Millions of Pixel phones have been sold -- only about ~725 PDP-12s were sold. The PDP-8, a *wildly successful* minicomputer sold about 50k units.<br> <br><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
Space Hobo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://teh.entar.net/@tastytronic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tastytronic</span></a></span> I'm ready for debugging again!</p><p><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>So my old friend <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>spacehobo</span></a></span> wrote an implementation of Hellorld! for the PDP-12, and getting it to run was quite an adventure. How old of a friend? What's Hellorld!? How quite of an adventure was it it? Watch and learn -- you won't regret it.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zcP_Dfgvuo8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zcP_Dfgvuo8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(Nick also did a "takeover" of our channel and produced this video, so it is well above our standard sub-standard quality!)</p><p><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/hellorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hellorld</span></a></p>
Jim Donegan 🎵 ✅<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PDP12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDP12</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HELLORLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HELLORLD</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcP_Dfgvuo8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zcP_Dfgvuo</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MachineCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineCode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MachineProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MachineProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VintageProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PDP8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDP8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UsagiElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsagiElectric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PeterPeterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterPeterson</span></a> #2001 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HAL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HAL9000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HAL9000</span></a></p>
Space Hobo<p><a href="https://youtu.be/zcP_Dfgvuo8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zcP_Dfgvuo8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ← Here is the video I did with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://teh.entar.net/@tastytronic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tastytronic</span></a></span> explaining the `HELLORLD!` code, and documenting the entire debugging saga—complete with actual photos of my printouts at the pub, and videos of blinking console lights!</p><p><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/HELLORLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HELLORLD</span></a></p>
Space Hobo<p>I've been editing a video about the international debugging effort that got "HELLORLD!" running on the <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a>, and learning <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/kdenlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kdenlive</span></a> in the process. Part of that story uncovered a bug in the emulator.</p><p><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2043261" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204326</span><span class="invisible">1</span></a> ← Of course I also uncovered a startlingly obvious bug in the <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> packaging for KDEnlive. Seems that's been a theme for this project.</p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>This program is going to be a great basis for a video about how the PDP-12 draws characters on the scope... in short, characters are 6 dots high by 4 dots wide; there are many patterns of 6x2 dots, and letters are constructed by building each character from left and right halves. You can kind of see this in the way that the H has a gap in the middle of it. When I use the "auto single-step" mode on the '12 and slow it down, you can see the characters being written one half at a time. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>spacehobo</span></a></span> thank you so much for writing this code, and giving us something fun to run on the '12 and a new thing to describe about how the machine works!</p><p><a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a></p>
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