--- title: A Versatile PDP-11/70 Emulator | daily.dev description: Kek is an open-source PDP-11/70 emulator started in 2018 that can run Unix 5 through Unix 7 in multi-user mode and BSD 2.11 Unix. It supports classic PDP-11... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-versatile-pdp-11-70-emulator-6ybyjojl5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Versatile PDP-11/70 Emulator | daily.dev og:description: Kek is an open-source PDP-11/70 emulator started in 2018 that can run Unix 5 through Unix 7 in multi-user mode and BSD 2.11 Unix. It supports classic PDP-11... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-versatile-pdp-11-70-emulator-6ybyjojl5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6ybYJOjL5.png og:image:alt: A Versatile PDP-11/70 Emulator og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Versatile PDP-11/70 Emulator **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Kek is an open-source PDP-11/70 emulator started in 2018 that can run Unix 5 through Unix 7 in multi-user mode and BSD 2.11 Unix. It supports classic PDP-11 hardware peripherals like RK05, RL02, RP06, and RP07 disks, the KW11-L clock, and DC-11 serial interface. Notably versatile, it runs on Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows, and even on microcontrollers like the Teensy 4.1 and ESP32, demonstrating how capable modern embedded hardware has become. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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