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PDP-1
This computer will run the first video game
In 1960, IBM got competition when the DEC company delivered the world’s first minicomputer, the PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor 1) complete with keyboard and screen. The PDP-1 was still the size of two refrigerators. The purchase price was $120,000. By 1969, 53 units had been built. The PDP-1 contained 2700 transistors and 3000 diodes. The special feature was the round monitor with its hexagonal housing. On the PDP-1 the probably first video and multiplayer computer game was developed at MIT by STEVE Russel and other students, namely Spacewar!
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Table of contents
| YR | NAME | INVENTOR |
|---|---|---|
| — | Introduction |  |
| 1938 | Z1 – Z4 |  |
| 1941 | Atanasoff Berry Computer |  |
| 1943 | Harvard Mark I |  |
| 1943 | Colossus |  |
| 1945 | Whirlwind |  |
| 1946 | ENIAC |  |
| 1950 | IBM 650 |  |
| 1951 | UNIVAC |  |
| 1954 | TRADIC |  |
| 1960 | PDP-1 | |