Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was at one point the 2nd largest computer company in the world. Defining the mini computer, with its PDP range. It would eventually go one the create the VAX line of computers and its VMS operating system, and well as the Alpha processor. Its time to look at the history of DEC, and its PDP line of machines, and build the PDP-11 replica kit the PiDP-11 Thanks to Poke, for letting me use their music, if you want to hear more https://soundcloud.com/user-455711299 You can get your own PiDP-11 from https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11-get-one 0:00 - Introduction 1:00 - The PDP-1 12:05 - Soldering Montage 15:19 - The mistake 15:33 - The desoldering resoldering montage 16:40 - The kits complete 17:43 - Fun with switches, using the PDP-11 23:00 - Ken Olsen (Decent human being) 27:16 - Eastern block PDP clones 27:50 - Summary