BBS software for the PDP 11

Bill Gunshannon bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com
Thu May 18 14:50:11 CDT 2017


Do you have any idea how many PDP-11's were used by NASA for things
like controlling deep space probes and putting men on the moon?  A BBS
is a vewry low demand task and could easily be handled by the smallest
of the LSI-11 family.

bill

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From: cctalk [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] on behalf of Adrian Stoness via cctalk [cctalk at classiccmp.org]
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Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11

So a 11/03 aka a lsi11 would be to slow for such things? Such as those
Heathkit h11 lsi11 macheans? Witch was a hobyist pdp11 for those that are
unfamiliar with the hearhkits



On May 18, 2017 11:45 AM, "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> On 05/18/2017 08:16 AM, allison via cctalk wrote:
>
> > The real question is why BBS?  What is it trying to fix or enable?
>
> You put the words into my mouth.  Thank you.
>
> --Chuck
>
>


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