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 on thursday june 6 2024 an article appeared on a news website about the [pidp-10](https://obsolescence.dev/pidp10.html). by saturday june 8 the simh hardware side of that was [running here local](https://photos.app.goo.gl/7BEa6RberDfcsWLp7). the efforts over the years to keep all of this alive had been followed all along via usenet, slashdot, and rss news feeds. the pidp-10 news just pushed a button. the timing of all this is interesting, as on april 1 had moved to a new website and the third post was about the [pdp-10](https://statespace.dev/pdp-10.html). 
 
-for the first two or three weeks of june, the focus was on exploring its and simh. playing adventure for the first time in decades. first time running spacewar on a type 340 display. first time using emacs rather than sos or teco. hello world lisp program compiled and run. for background on why all of this is exciting in itself, can recommend firstly the [newquist ai book](https://a.co/d/0fizN5g7) and secondly the [levy book](https://a.co/d/0eyKbrFf). also the [arpanet book](https://a.co/d/0baPMYaQ). and, as always, [soul of a new machine](https://a.co/d/0baPMYaQ).
+for the first two or three weeks of june, the focus was on exploring its and simh. playing adventure for the first time in decades. first time running spacewar on a type 340 display. first time on a pdp-10 using emacs instead of sos or teco. hello world lisp program compiled and run. for background on why all of this is exciting in itself, can recommend firstly the [newquist ai book](https://a.co/d/0fizN5g7) and secondly the [levy book](https://a.co/d/0eyKbrFf). also the [arpanet book](https://a.co/d/0baPMYaQ). and, as always, [soul of a new machine](https://a.co/d/0baPMYaQ).
 
 by the third and fourth weeks, attention shifted to tops-10. this post is simply a walk-through of why, and what it's all about.