Oscar Vermeulen's guest appearances

Oscar Vermeulen

The History of Personal Computing

Amstrad PenPad

Evan Koblentz

Grundy NewBrain

Tatung Einstein

Otrona Attache

Jason Compton

Jason Timmons

Bob Applegate

Grid Compass

Sam Ammons

OwlTail

Welcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Oscar Vermeulen from Obsolescence Guaranteed and creator of the PiDP-8/I, a modern replica of the 1968 PDP-8/I computer. On Oscar’s web page he explains: “Project goal: to create a faithful but low-cost replica of the 1968 PDP-8/I. Operated through the Blinkenlights front panel, it should evoke the user experience from the past. It should also replicate all stages in the PDP-8’s development. Which is not trivial, because the PDP-8 series spanned a long period in computer history: from 1965 to 1979 and from teletype &amp; paper tape all the way through to hard disks and multi-user systems.” http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/HofPC_Oscar.mp3 Links mention in the show:  Obsolescence Guaranteed The Computer History Simulation Project  Send feedback to feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com because we really would love to receive your email or audio comment. Tell someone about us please! Write a review on iTunes or help us spread the word with Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. Perhaps you’re in a specialty discussion group – tell them! Thank you for listening!

Welcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Oscar Vermeulen from Obsolescence Guaranteed and creator of the PiDP-8/I, a modern replica of the 1968 PDP-8/I computer. On Oscar’s web page he explains: “Project goal: to create a faithful but low-cost replica of the 1968 PDP-8/I. Operated through the Blinkenlights front panel, it should evoke the user experience from the past. It should also replicate all stages in the PDP-8’s development. Which is not trivial, because the PDP-8 series spanned a long period in computer history: from 1965 to 1979 and from teletype &amp; paper tape all the way through to hard disks and multi-user systems.” <a href="http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/HofPC_Oscar.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/HofPC_Oscar.mp3</a> Links mention in the show: <ul> <li><a href="http://obsolescence.wix.com/obsolescence#!pidp-8/cbie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Obsolescence Guaranteed</a></li> <li><a href="http://simh.trailing-edge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Computer History Simulation Project</a></li> </ul> Send feedback to <a href="mailto:feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com">feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com</a> because we really would love to receive your email or audio comment. Tell someone about us please! Write a review on iTunes or help us spread the word with Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. Perhaps you’re in a specialty discussion group – tell them! Thank you for listening!

Special Episode: Interview with Oscar Vermeulen, creator of PiDP-8/I