When: 12 noon – 1 pm, Thursday the 12th of February 2015
Where: PC420, Pentcost, International College
Dan Edwards was studying Artificial Intelligence at MIT in the early 1960’s when he helped write what many consider to be the first “video” game: Spacewar! Dan will be speaking at Payap University on Thursday the 12th of February from 12 – 1pm in room PC420 (4th floor of the Pentecost Building) about the early days of computing and gaming at MIT.
Dan Edwards (left) and Peter Samson playing Spacewar! on the PDP-1 Type 30 display (Source: Computer History Museum)
On the day we will have the original code running on a PDP-1 emulator with some “vintage” game controllers so you can come and try your hand at Spacewar!
Photos
 Dan Edwards with the Payap PDP-1 |
 Dan Edwards talking about computing at MIT in the 1960’s. |
 Participants at the seminar |
 Students playing Spacewar! |
 Students playing Spacewar! |
 Two “retro” Spacewar! controllers made by Dr Tom. |
 Dr Tom presenting the controllers to Dan |