It’s been just over a year since my last classic computer build (the PiDP-10) so it’s time to assemble Oscar Vermeulen’s latest project, the PiDP-1! I actually ordered the kit last Thanksgiving and it arrived about a week later (from Panama!) but then life got crazy: I ended up switching jobs which meant I was busy onboarding, getting benefits and such in order, and basically learning the ropes. On top of that, I lost the two weeks of winter break provided by my old employer and started with no PTO at the new place, which meant very little no free time over the holidays (just Christmas Day and New Year’s Day). I did manage to do a little prep work for the kit during that time, however, like purchasing another 4gb Raspberry Pi 5 with a 64gb microSD, imaging it with Debian 13 Trixie, and prepping the PiDP-1 software. Finally over the past two weeks I found some time to pull out my trusty soldering iron and get to assembling …