PiDP-11: A minicomputer in the office! (Radio Today guides) Paperback – February 3, 2026

This book is a beginner's guide, not a comprehensive programming guide. It will help you build and test the PiDP-11 kit and get started with navigating around the many included operating systems, loading a few games, and experimenting with some high-level programming languages. It is an introduction to the PiDP-11 kit produced by Oscar Vermeulen and the PDP-11 SimH emulator originated by Bob Supnik and refined by many people over the years.After I finished building the kit, I realized that I had no idea how to make it do anything. Luckily, there is a wealth of websites, GitHub repositories, YouTube videos, and links to hundreds of original PDP-11 documents. I quickly went from not knowing what to do to not being able to remember which reference source contained the information I needed. This book integrates a lot of that information and provides links if you want to explore in more detail.The book is not intended for Wizards, Hackers, Internet Trolls, people using real PDP-11 hardware, or people using SimH on other platforms. Read more