The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series. In total, around 600,000 PDP-11s of all models were sold, making it one of DEC's most successful product lines, and it is considered by some experts to be the most popular minicomputer.
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Invented By
Gordon Bell led the architecture of the PDP-11 minicomputer at Digital Equipment Corporation, introduced in 1970.
Preceded By
PDP-8, Systems The PDP-8 (1965) was the earlier machine in Digital Equipment Corporations PDP minicomputer line that the PDP-11 (1970) directly succeeded.
Predecessor Of
VAX, Systems VAX was explicitly designed as the 32-bit virtual-addressing successor to the 16-bit PDP-11 at Digital Equipment Corporation.
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1. PDP-11 - Wikipedia
History, Unix paragraph
The first officially named version of Unix ran on the PDP-11/20 in 1970.
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discontinued=1997
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PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers originally sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the late 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series.
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