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What have we learned from the PDP-11?

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https://dave.cheney.net/2017/12/04/what-have-we-learned-from-the-pdp-11



The paper I have chosen tonight is a retrospective on a computer
design. It is one of a series of papers by Gordon Bell, and various
co-authors, spanning the design, growth, and eventual replacement of
the companies iconic line of PDP-11 mini computers.

    C. G. Bell, R. Cady, H. McFarland, B. Delagi, J. O’Laughlin, R.
Noonan and W. Wulf, “A New Architecture for Mini-Computers – The DEC
PDP- 11,” Proceedings of the Sprint Joint Computer Conference, pp.
657-675, AFIPS Press, 1970.

    C. G. Bell, W. D. Strecker, “Computer What Have We Learned from the
PDP-11,” The 3rd Annual Symposium on Computer Architecture Conference
Proceedings, pp. l-14, 1976.

    W. D. Strecker, “VAX-11/780: A Virtual Address Extension to the DEC
PDP-11 Family,” Proceedings of the National Computer Conference, pp.
967-980, AFIPS Press, 1978.

    C. G. Bell, W. D. Strecker, “Retrospective: what have we learned
from the PDP-11—what we have learned from VAX and Alpha”, Proceedings
of the 25th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture,
pp. 6-10, 1998.

This year represents the 60th anniversary of the founding of the
company that produced the PDP-11. It is also 40 years since this paper
was written, so I thought it would be entertaining to review Bell’s
retrospective through the lens of our own 20/20 hindsight.

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What have we learned from the PDP-11? RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2017-12-06 19:26 -0500
  Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-12-07 09:12 +0000
  Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-07 09:42 +0000
    Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-07 16:57 +0000
      Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-12-07 17:15 +0000
        Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-07 17:46 +0000
          Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2017-12-07 21:18 +0000
            Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-07 21:45 +0000
              Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2017-12-07 22:18 +0000
                Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-12-08 04:47 +0000
                Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2017-12-08 12:10 +0000
  Re: What have we learned from the PDP-11? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-10 19:40 +0100

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