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Sander Reiche has setup a MicroPDP-11/83 with the following specs:

• M8190-AB KDJ11-BB
• M7551-BH MSV11-QB
• M7546 TK50 CONTROLLER
• M7555 RQDX3
• M7516-YM DELQA

So far there are FOUR users.. which means you can get in on the action for sure!

For those of you who want a sandboxed version at home, you can download my install here, which of course I touched on a while back.

For those unfamiliar, here is what retrochallenge is all about!

1. RetroChallenge commences July 1st, 2012 and runs until July 31st, 2012.
2. In order to qualify, computer systems must by approximately 10 years old (or older!)… in general, this means 486 or below, 680×0 and pretty much everything with an 8-bit processor, but we’ll also let you in if you have an old Cray kicking about, and exceptions can always be made for exotica!
3. Gaming consoles and PDAs qualify if they were made in the previous century.
4. Where appropriate, replica hardware and emulators may be used.
5. Entrants are responsible for adequately documenting their projects and submitting occasional updates during the contest.
6. Projects may encompass any aspect of retro-computing that tickles the fancy of the individual entrant.
7. Winners will be carefully selected and thoughtfully chosen prizes presented (hopefully before the next challenge commences).
8. Have fun!

Sadly I don’t have anything physical around here that really qualifies.  A G5 mac is too new, and I recently picked up a Pentium 150 based IBM Aptiva, but its too new apparently….