How to Program a Vintage PDP-8 via the Front Panel

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Instead of a monitor and keyboard, computers used to be controlled with panels of lights and switches. Learning what that was like is easy, thanks to some very nice emulation software that even gives you a high-res image of the original panel controls.

Follow along to begin programming a PDP-8 computer using the Blinkenbone emulator. From there, move to the real world with a PiDP-8 replica panel, or even a real PDP-8 with the blinking lights and switches.

Read the article on Hackaday:
http://hackaday.com/?p=266574

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