Episode 132 - The PDP-1

In 1959 the world bore witness to a new type of computer: the PDP-1. It was the first interactive computer to really make a dent in the market. Some say it was the first minicomputer: a totally new class of machine. But where did this computer come from, and what made it so different from the rest of the digital pack?
Selected sources:
americanhistory.si.edu/comphist/olsen.html - Smithsonian interview with Ken Olsen
archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/t… - Computing in the Middle Ages
archive.org/details/bitsavers_decBooksBeng_373… - Computer Egnineerling, Bell et al.