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Father of the PDP-1: The TX-0, Transistorized EXperimental Computer Zero (1956)

Father of the PDP-1: The TX-0, Transistorized EXperimental Computer Zero (1956)

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The TX-0, for Transistorized Experimental computer zero, but affectionately referred to as tixo (pronounced "tix oh"), is an early fully transistorized computer that contained a then-huge 64K of 18-bit words of magnetic-core memory. Construction of the TX-0 began in 1955 and…

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Father of the PDP-1: The TX-0, Transistorized EXperimental Computer Zero (1956)

Father of the PDP-1: The TX-0, Transistorized EXperimental Computer Zero (1956)

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The TX-0, for Transistorized Experimental computer zero, but affectionately referred to as tixo (pronounced "tix oh"), is an early fully transistorized computer that contained a then-huge 64K of 18-bit words of magnetic-core memory. Construction of the TX-0 began in 1955 and…

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