Retro-compound enthusiasts have recently published a project known as pidp-10, with the aim of creating a functional reconstruction of the Maynframe PDP-10 KA10 model from 1968. The project involved creating a new plastic case for the control panel, which includes 124 lamp indicators and 74 switches. The computing components and software environment were recreated using a Raspberry Pi 5 board running the Raspberry Pi OS distribution (based on Debian) and the simh instrumentation, which supports a complete PDP-10 simulation, including reproducing known errors.
The emulator allows users to launch a multitasking and multi-user operating system called tops-10, originally designed for PDP-10 mainframes. It also supports the launch of here..
On April 1, the Museum of Computer Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is set to host an event to commission the PIDP-10 for operation, which will be followed by a seminar on the history of PDP-10 usage at MIT. The future plans for the project include creating clones for computers such as Whirlwind (1945), pdp-1 (1959), pdp-8 (1968), and pdp-11/70 (1975). The project is also involved in a complete reconstruction of the computing center premises with the PDP-10 to provide an immersive experience into the 1960s computer technology era.